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Hi all,

I would like to get a consulting in the following design senario , how to do it in the right way.

I'm trying to develope a reusable component of communication between the PC and field devices. The devices have special communication protocol and a special way to make the physical comm.

The are many devices kinds (Display , microcontrollers,...).

I'm looking for the right way to write a global component. I'll use this component in many .Net projects.

I thonk to do that with interface, and classes implement the interface, the reason because the devices are from different inheretane trees.

The schema I thaught about is:

IDevice : The interface all the classes will imlement.

DClass : a base class of the Display devices.

DPLC : a base class of the controllers devices.

AClass : DClass implements IDevice , a special kind of DClass

BClass : DClass implements IDevice , a special kind of DClass

APLC : DPLC implemtnrs IDevice ...

is this the write way to do that I'll implement the interface function differently in the varios class.

Please help me.

Best regards...

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  • fishmeister

    From the few details you give it sounds like a plausible direction

    few things to think about

    • What are the common behaviors of different devices
    • Do you have situations where the same device can be connected in multiple ways (for example in one application I architect we can have sensors connected directly or remotely through a mediator) - if this is possible you may want to abstract the physical communication from the logical one.
    • Another layer you can consider is one that deals with the devices state
    • Do you have composite devices (a platform that holds more than one device)
    • Do you have cross device capabilities (e.g. built-in-tests, calibration ) - each capability should probably get its own interface

    Hope this helps,

    Arnon



  • erdogancemevin1989

    Wasim wrote:

    I'm new in OOD world. So please help me , if you also have recommended links to read .

    I recently posted a presentation on OO principles you may want to look at see http://www.rgoarchitects.com/blog/PermaLink,guid,69ef2a86-2d59-4500-b328-0db29d8d0655.aspx

    Arnon



  • ydurt

    Thanks allot,

    All the things you mentioned are right, but how I can implement your nots in my design. Is there tools for checking design construction if you know.

    I'm new in OOD world. So please help me , if you also have recommended links to read .

    Best regards...
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