Package org.openhab.core.thing

Interface Bridge

All Superinterfaces:

Identifiable<ThingUID>, Thing

@NonNullByDefault
public interface Bridge
extends Thing

A Bridge is a Thing that connects other Things.

Author:

Dennis Nobel - Initial contribution, Christoph Weitkamp - Added method `getThing(ThingUID)`

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.openhab.core.thing.Thing

PROPERTY_FIRMWARE_VERSION, PROPERTY_HARDWARE_VERSION, PROPERTY_MAC_ADDRESS, PROPERTY_MODEL_ID, PROPERTY_SERIAL_NUMBER, PROPERTY_VENDOR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@Nullable BridgeHandler	getHandler()	Gets the bridge handler.
@Nullable Thing	getThing(ThingUID thingUID)	Gets the thing for the given UID or null if no thing with the UID exists.
List<Thing>	getThings()	Returns the children of the bridge.

Methods inherited from interface org.openhab.core.thing.Thing

getBridgeUID, getChannel, getChannel, getChannels, getChannelsOfGroup, getConfiguration, getLabel, getLocation, getProperties, getStatus, getStatusInfo, getThingTypeUID, getUID, isEnabled, setBridgeUID, setHandler, setLabel, setLocation, setProperties, setProperty, setStatusInfo

Method Details

getThing

@Nullable Thing getThing(ThingUID thingUID)

Gets the thing for the given UID or null if no thing with the UID exists.

Parameters:

thingUID - thing UID

Returns:

the thing for the given UID or null if no thing with the UID exists

getThings

List<Thing> getThings()

Returns the children of the bridge.

Returns:

children

getHandler

@Nullable BridgeHandler getHandler()

Gets the bridge handler.

Specified by:

getHandler in interface Thing

Returns:

the handler which can be null for a Thing that is not initialized. Note that a Bridge is guaranteed to be initialized before its children. It is therefore safe to call getBridge().getHandler() for a subordinate Thing