source: tmcsimulator/trunk/src/tmcsim/cadsimulator/paramicscontrol/ParamicsReader.java @ 2

package tmcsim.cadsimulator.paramicscontrol;



import java.util.logging.Logger;



import org.w3c.dom.Node;



/**

 * ParamicsReader is an abstract class to define objects that may

 * read data from the Paramics Communicator.  Each ParamicsWriter

 * is identified by a unique id.  The reader is assigned a target file 

 * that will be read from and the duration (in seconds) between reads.

 * All implementing Readers must implement the receive() method to 

 * parse the XML data that is received from the ParamicsCommunicator.

 * 

 * @author Matthew Cechini

 * @version

 */

public abstract class ParamicsReader {

    

    /** Error Logger */

    protected static Logger paramLogger = Logger.getLogger("tmcsim.cadsimulator.paramicscontrol");

    

    /** Unique identifier for the reader. */

    public String readerID   = null;



    /** Interval (in seconds) between reads. */

    public String interval   = null;

    

    /** Target file being read by the ParamicsCommunicator. */

    public String targetFile = null;

    

    /** Abstract method to receive a XML Node object containing message data.*/

    public abstract void receive(Node rxMessage);

}