using System;
using Microsoft.SPOT;

namespace instrumentModel
{
    public abstract class InstrumentDevice
    {
        //Type Definitions
        public enum DevStatus { Ready, Initializing, Error, Ok };

        private DevStatus _IDStatus;
        private String _name;

        public InstrumentDevice(String nameid)
        {
            // Initialize 
            _IDStatus = DevStatus.Initializing;
            //IDType = deviceType;
            _name = nameid;
        }

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


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

        // IO functions
        abstract public DevStatus connect();
        abstract public DevStatus read(byte[] msg, ref int length);
        abstract public DevStatus write(string msg);
        abstract public DevStatus disconnect();

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

        abstract public DevStatus printState();

        // Actually run a main thread
        abstract public void run();


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

        public DevStatus Status
        {
            get { return _IDStatus; }
            set { _IDStatus = value; }
        }
    }
}