org.chabala.brick.controllab

Class PortChooser

java.lang.Object

org.chabala.brick.controllab.PortChooser

public final class PortChooser
extends Object

Intergration tests use this class to pick a serial port to connect to. If the default selection doesn't suit your system, you can override it with a system property: "brick-control-lab.overrideTestPort".

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	OVERRIDE_TEST_PORT_PROPERTY System property to override the IT serial port with a specific port identifier.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	choosePort(ControlLab controlLab) Picks the first available serial port based on what the serial library finds.
static String	choosePort(ControlLab controlLab, int position) Picks the Nth available serial port based on what the serial library finds.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

OVERRIDE_TEST_PORT_PROPERTY

public static final String OVERRIDE_TEST_PORT_PROPERTY

System property to override the IT serial port with a specific port identifier.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

choosePort

public static String choosePort(ControlLab controlLab)

Picks the first available serial port based on what the serial library finds.

Parameters:

controlLab - control lab instance for querying the serial library

Returns:

a system specific serial port identifier

choosePort

public static String choosePort(ControlLab controlLab,
                                int position)

Picks the Nth available serial port based on what the serial library finds.

Parameters:

controlLab - control lab instance for querying the serial library

position - one-based position field for choosing the port

Returns:

a system specific serial port identifier