Package org.openhab.core.thing

Class ChannelUID

java.lang.Object

org.openhab.core.common.AbstractUID

org.openhab.core.thing.UID

org.openhab.core.thing.ChannelUID

@NonNullByDefault
public class ChannelUID
extends UID

ChannelUID represents a unique identifier for channels.

Author:

Oliver Libutzki - Initial contribution, Jochen Hiller - Bugfix 455434: added default constructor, Dennis Nobel - Added channel group id, Kai Kreuzer - Changed creation of channels to not require a thing type, Christoph Weitkamp - Changed pattern for validating last segment to contain either a single # or none

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	CHANNEL_GROUP_SEPARATOR
static final Pattern	CHANNEL_SEGMENT_PATTERN

Fields inherited from class org.openhab.core.common.AbstractUID

SEPARATOR

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ChannelUID(String channelUid)	Parses a ChannelUID for a given string.
ChannelUID(ChannelGroupUID channelGroupUID, String id)
ChannelUID(ThingUID thingUID, String id)
ChannelUID(ThingUID thingUID, String groupId, String id)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable String	getGroupId()	Returns the group id.
String	getId()	Returns the id.
String	getIdWithoutGroup()	Returns the id without the group id.
protected int	getMinimalNumberOfSegments()	Specifies how many segments the UID has to have at least.
ThingUID	getThingUID()	Returns the thing UID
boolean	isInGroup()
protected void	validateSegment(String segment, int index, int length)

Methods inherited from class org.openhab.core.thing.UID

equals, getAllSegments, getAsString, getBindingId, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class org.openhab.core.common.AbstractUID

getSegment, isValid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

CHANNEL_SEGMENT_PATTERN

public static final Pattern CHANNEL_SEGMENT_PATTERN

CHANNEL_GROUP_SEPARATOR

public static final String CHANNEL_GROUP_SEPARATOR

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

ChannelUID

public ChannelUID(String channelUid)

Parses a ChannelUID for a given string. The UID must be in the format 'bindingId:segment:segment:...'.

Parameters:

channelUid - uid in form a string

ChannelUID

public ChannelUID(ThingUID thingUID,
 String id)

Parameters:

thingUID - the unique identifier of the thing the channel belongs to

id - the channel's id

ChannelUID

public ChannelUID(ChannelGroupUID channelGroupUID,
 String id)

Parameters:

channelGroupUID - the unique identifier of the channel group the channel belongs to

id - the channel's id

ChannelUID

public ChannelUID(ThingUID thingUID,
 String groupId,
 String id)

Parameters:

thingUID - the unique identifier of the thing the channel belongs to

groupId - the channel's group id

id - the channel's id

Method Details

getId

public String getId()

Returns the id.

Returns:

id

getIdWithoutGroup

public String getIdWithoutGroup()

Returns the id without the group id.

Returns:

id id without group id

isInGroup

public boolean isInGroup()

getGroupId

public @Nullable String getGroupId()

Returns the group id.

Returns:

group id or null if channel is not in a group

getMinimalNumberOfSegments

protected int getMinimalNumberOfSegments()

Description copied from class: AbstractUID

Specifies how many segments the UID has to have at least.

Specified by:

getMinimalNumberOfSegments in class AbstractUID

Returns:

the number of segments

validateSegment

protected void validateSegment(String segment,
 int index,
 int length)

Overrides:

validateSegment in class AbstractUID

getThingUID

public ThingUID getThingUID()

Returns the thing UID

Returns:

the thing UID