Changed comments for the libraries network, serial, and hardware i/o

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Anadroid
2020-09-10 16:07:03 +02:00
parent db91449e33
commit 42b0efb8b8
4 changed files with 186 additions and 69 deletions

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@@ -34,13 +34,11 @@ import jssc.*;
/**
* ( begin auto-generated from Serial.xml )
*
* Class for sending and receiving data using the serial communication protocol.
*
* ( end auto-generated )
* @webref serial
* @brief Class for sending and receiving data using the serial communication protocol.
* @webBrief Class for sending and receiving data using the serial communication protocol.
* @instanceName serial any variable of type Serial
* @usage Application
* @see_external LIB_serial/serialEvent
@@ -187,8 +185,11 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns the number of bytes available.
*
* @generate Serial_available.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns the number of bytes available.
* @usage web_application
*/
public int available() {
@@ -197,8 +198,10 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Sets the number of bytes to buffer before calling serialEvent()
* @generate Serial_buffer.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Sets the number of bytes to buffer before calling serialEvent()
* @usage web_application
* @param size number of bytes to buffer
*/
@@ -208,8 +211,11 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Sets a specific byte to buffer until before calling <b>serialEvent()</b>.
*
* @generate Serial_bufferUntil.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Sets a specific byte to buffer until before calling <b>serialEvent()</b>.
* @usage web_application
* @param inByte the value to buffer until
*/
@@ -220,8 +226,11 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Empty the buffer, removes all the data stored there.
*
* @generate Serial_clear.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Empty the buffer, removes all the data stored there.
* @usage web_application
*/
public void clear() {
@@ -256,12 +265,15 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns last byte received or -1 if there is none available.
*
* @generate Serial_last.xml
* <h3>Advanced</h3>
* Same as read() but returns the very last value received
* and clears the buffer. Useful when you just want the most
* recent value sent over the port.
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns last byte received or -1 if there is none available.
* @usage web_application
*/
public int last() {
@@ -279,8 +291,11 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns the last byte received as a char or -1 if there is none available.
*
* @generate Serial_lastChar.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns the last byte received as a char or -1 if there is none available.
* @usage web_application
*/
public char lastChar() {
@@ -289,8 +304,12 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Gets a list of all available serial ports. Use <b>println()</b> to write the
* information to the text window.
*
* @generate Serial_list.xml
* @webref serial
* @webBrief Gets a list of all available serial ports.
* @usage web_application
*/
public static String[] list() {
@@ -301,8 +320,13 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns a number between 0 and 255 for the next byte that's waiting in the buffer.
* Returns -1 if there is no byte, although this should be avoided by first cheacking
* <b>available()</b> to see if data is available.
*
* @generate Serial_read.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns a number between 0 and 255 for the next byte that's waiting in the buffer.
* @usage web_application
*/
public int read() {
@@ -322,8 +346,15 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Reads a group of bytes from the buffer or <b>null</b> if there are none available. The version
* with no parameters returns a byte array of all data in the buffer. This is not efficient, but
* is easy to use. The version with the <b>byteBuffer</b> parameter is more memory and time
* efficient. It grabs the data in the buffer and puts it into the byte array passed in and returns
* an int value for the number of bytes read. If more bytes are available than can fit into the
* <b>byteBuffer</b>, only those that fit are read.
* @generate Serial_readBytes.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Reads a group of bytes from the buffer or <b>null</b> if there are none available.
* @usage web_application
*/
public byte[] readBytes() {
@@ -404,8 +435,18 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Reads from the port into a buffer of bytes up to and including a particular character. If the
* character isn't in the buffer, <b>null</b> is returned. The version with without the
* <b>byteBuffer</b> parameter returns a byte array of all data up to and including the
* <b>interesting</b> byte. This is not efficient, but is easy to use. The version with the
* <b>byteBuffer</b> parameter is more memory and time efficient. It grabs the data in the buffer
* and puts it into the byte array passed in and returns an int value for the number of bytes read.
* If the byte buffer is not large enough, -1 is returned and an error is printed to the message
* area. If nothing is in the buffer, 0 is returned.
*
* @generate Serial_readBytesUntil.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Reads from the port into a buffer of bytes up to and including a particular character.
* @usage web_application
* @param inByte character designated to mark the end of the data
*/
@@ -486,8 +527,12 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns the next byte in the buffer as a char. Returns <b>-1</b> or <b>0xffff</b>
* if nothing is there.
*
* @generate Serial_readChar.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns the next byte in the buffer as a char.
* @usage web_application
*/
public char readChar() {
@@ -496,8 +541,14 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Returns all the data from the buffer as a String or <b>null</b> if there is nothing available.
* This method assumes the incoming characters are ASCII. If you want to transfer Unicode data,
* first convert the String to a byte stream in the representation of your choice (i.e. UTF8 or
* two-byte Unicode data), and send it as a byte array.
*
* @generate Serial_readString.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Returns all the data from the buffer as a String or <b>null</b> if there is nothing available.
* @usage web_application
*/
public String readString() {
@@ -509,6 +560,9 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Combination of <b>readBytesUntil()</b> and <b>readString()</b>. Returns <b>null</b>
* if it doesn't find what you're looking for.
*
* @generate Serial_readStringUntil.xml
*<h3>Advanced</h3>
* If you want to move Unicode data, you can first convert the
@@ -516,6 +570,7 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
* (i.e. UTF8 or two-byte Unicode data), and send it as a byte array.
*
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Combination of <b>readBytesUntil()</b> and <b>readString()</b>.
* @usage web_application
* @param inByte character designated to mark the end of the data
*/
@@ -530,8 +585,16 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Called when data is available. Use one of the <b>read()</b> methods to capture this data.
* The <b>serialEvent()</b> can be set with <b>buffer()</b> to only trigger after a certain
* number of data elements are read and can be set with <b>bufferUntil()</b> to only trigger
* after a specific character is read. The <b>which</b> parameter contains the name of the
* port where new data is available, but is only useful when there is more than one serial
* connection open and it's necessary to distinguish between the two.
*
* @generate serialEvent.xml
* @webref serial:events
* @webBrief Called when data is available.
* @usage web_application
* @param event the port where new data is available
*/
@@ -612,8 +675,11 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Stops data communication on this port. Use to shut the connection when you're finished with the Serial.
*
* @generate Serial_stop.xml
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Stops data communication on this port.
* @usage web_application
*/
public void stop() {
@@ -656,6 +722,8 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
/**
* Writes bytes, chars, ints, bytes[], Strings to the serial port
*
* @generate Serial_write.xml
* <h3>Advanced</h3>
* Write a String to the output. Note that this doesn't account
@@ -670,6 +738,7 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
* (i.e. UTF8 or two-byte Unicode data), and send it as a byte array.
*
* @webref serial:serial
* @webBrief Writes bytes, chars, ints, bytes[], Strings to the serial port
* @usage web_application
* @param src data to write
*/