net.wimpi.modbus.procimg
Interface InputRegister

All Known Subinterfaces:

Register

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRegister, ObservableRegister, SimpleInputRegister, SimpleRegister, SynchronizedAbstractRegister

public interface InputRegister

Interface defining an input register.

This register is read only from the slave side.

Version:

@version@ (@date@)

Author:

Dieter Wimberger

Method Summary

int	getValue() Returns the value of this InputRegister.
byte[]	toBytes() Returns the content of this Register as bytes.
short	toShort() Returns the content of this Register as signed 16-bit value (short).
int	toUnsignedShort() Returns the content of this Register as unsigned 16-bit value (unsigned short).

Method Detail

getValue

int getValue()

Returns the value of this InputRegister. The value is stored as int but should be treated like a 16-bit word.

Returns:

the value as int.

toUnsignedShort

int toUnsignedShort()

Returns the content of this Register as unsigned 16-bit value (unsigned short).

Returns:

the content as unsigned short (int).

toShort

short toShort()

Returns the content of this Register as signed 16-bit value (short).

Returns:

the content as short.

toBytes

byte[] toBytes()

Returns the content of this Register as bytes.

Returns:

a byte[] with length 2.