com.free2be.dimensions.device
Interface Device

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeviceProfile, SimpleDevice

public interface Device
extends java.io.Serializable

This device represents the capabilities of an actual device. A device contains many components that are detailed through accessing each component. Since not all attributes may be known for a particular device a null is used to indicate an unknown state. No primitives are used anywhere in the device framework. The attributes found here are used as keys to decide the correct dimension in tiles. The keys shall always be lowercase regardless of the rdf source if used.

Content Type

Default is at the top of the tree. The defualt will contain common information for all content types. From there, Content type is below Default.

Device Type

Device Type is a very general description of the client device: phone, pda, pc.

MIDP

Device Subtype clarifies a bit more on the software the device is using...like OS or browser. MIDP acts almost opposite of HTML phones and the likes. Since MIDP shares a lot of the same characteristics across devices (Java's claim to platform independence) then it would be a shame to lose inherited values in a midp phone and midp pda soap soap | | ------------ -------- | | | | | WS Phone PDA MIDP WS | | | MIDP MIDP --------- | | Phone PDA See how common attributes would proably reside in MIDP and slight differences may be given on the type of device. If we went with the left tree, it is foreseeable that duplicate entries would be made in the extending MIDP. MIDP as a content type does not make sense since MIDP may support essentially any content. So device type and device subtype is very subjective and does not apply to a disciplined formula.

Note: All implementations of this device should not contain session-specific knowledge. For instance, knowledge of simulation would be helpful to have on the device, but this would require a new device created for every session or perhaps request. Knowledge of request or session level information should come directly from the factories allowing a factory to provide the same device for the entire application.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	HTML_CONTENT_TYPE
static java.lang.String	INTERNET_EXPLORER_BROWSER
static java.lang.String	MIDP
static java.lang.String	NETSCAPE_BROWSER
static java.lang.String	PC
static java.lang.String	PDA
static java.lang.String	PHONE
static java.lang.String	SOAP_CONTENT_TYPE
static java.lang.String	VXML_CONTENT_TYPE
static java.lang.String	WEB_SERVICES
static java.lang.String	WML_CONTENT_TYPE
static java.lang.String	XML_CONTENT_TYPE

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getContentType() Indicates the preferred content type as defined in the factory.
java.lang.String	getDeviceSubtype() The next level of detail beyond device type.
java.lang.String	getDeviceType() Indicates the preferred content type as defined in the factory.
Hardware	getHardware()
java.lang.String	getModel() The model of the device made by the vendor.
Network	getNetwork()
Software	getSoftware()
java.lang.String	getVendor() The manufacturer of the client device.

Field Detail

HTML_CONTENT_TYPE

static final java.lang.String HTML_CONTENT_TYPE

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WML_CONTENT_TYPE

static final java.lang.String WML_CONTENT_TYPE

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VXML_CONTENT_TYPE

static final java.lang.String VXML_CONTENT_TYPE

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XML_CONTENT_TYPE

static final java.lang.String XML_CONTENT_TYPE

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SOAP_CONTENT_TYPE

static final java.lang.String SOAP_CONTENT_TYPE

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PHONE

static final java.lang.String PHONE

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PC

static final java.lang.String PC

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PDA

static final java.lang.String PDA

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MIDP

static final java.lang.String MIDP

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WEB_SERVICES

static final java.lang.String WEB_SERVICES

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INTERNET_EXPLORER_BROWSER

static final java.lang.String INTERNET_EXPLORER_BROWSER

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NETSCAPE_BROWSER

static final java.lang.String NETSCAPE_BROWSER

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Method Detail

getContentType

java.lang.String getContentType()

Indicates the preferred content type as defined in the factory. This will return only the subtype of the content mime type (i.e. text/html will return html). All content types is also available from Browser.

Returns:

String subtype of mime type or empty string if not known...null is never o.k.

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Browser

getDeviceType

java.lang.String getDeviceType()

Indicates the preferred content type as defined in the factory. This will return only the subtype of the content mime type (i.e. text/html will return html). All content types is also available from Browser.

Returns:

String enumerated device types or empty string if not known...null is never returned.

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Hardware

getDeviceSubtype

java.lang.String getDeviceSubtype()

The next level of detail beyond device type. May indicate a type of browser or OS. examples: netscape or ie for personal computers ce or palm for pda, however, palm may be expanded into the browser type(blazer).

getVendor

java.lang.String getVendor()

The manufacturer of the client device. Often times this is not known, however, in new CC/PP and WAP profiles this and more specific are feasible. example: samsung, sanyo, ericson, etc.

getModel

java.lang.String getModel()

The model of the device made by the vendor. i.e. this is intended to be used with a series like Treo from Handspring.

getSoftware

Software getSoftware()

getHardware

Hardware getHardware()

getNetwork

Network getNetwork()