using System;
using Microsoft.SPOT;

namespace instrumentModel
{


    public abstract class InstrumentDevice
    {
        //Type Definitions
        //public enum DevType { Generic, I2C, SPI, Serial, TCP, UDP }; // perhaps reorg these as interfaces.
        public enum DevStatus { Ready, Initializing, Error, Ok };

        private DevStatus IDStatus;
       // private DevType IDType;
        private String name;

        public InstrumentDevice(String nameid)
        {
            // Initialize 
            IDStatus = DevStatus.Initializing;
            //IDType = deviceType;
            name = nameid;

            IDStatus = initialize();
        }

        ~InstrumentDevice() 
        {
            IDStatus = disconnect();
        }


        // Put you device specific initialization code here. 
        abstract public DevStatus initialize();

        // IO functions
        abstract public DevStatus connect();
        abstract public DevStatus read(String msg);
        abstract public DevStatus write(String msg);
        abstract public DevStatus disconnect();

        // Process read data
        abstract public DevStatus process(String msg);

        abstract public DevStatus printState();

        public String Id
        {
            get { return name; }
            set { name = value; }
        }
    }

}