Participant Class Reference

Detailed Description

A participant is a device which manages things.

It can communicate with other participant to synchronise the state of things. This class is used to register the things the participant is managing. It also maintains the communcation information to contact the participant. It is used as a basis for the local participant, but also as a reference to remote participants.

Inheritance diagram for Participant:

Public Member Functions
None	__init__ (self, str ip_address, int port)
	Create a new participant with the given communcation info.
Optional[Thing]	Get (self, int thing_id)
	Get the thing with the given properties.
	Add (self, Thing thing, bool check_id=True)
	Add a new thing for this participant.
None	Remove (self, Thing thing)
	Remove a thing for this participant.
None	Update (self, int currentTimeMs=0)
	Update all things for this participant.
'Participant'	AddParticipant (Union[str, 'Participant'] arg1, Optional[int] port=None)
	Add a participant.

Static Public Member Functions
Optional[ 'Participant']	GetParticipant (Union[str, int] arg1, Optional[int] port=None)
	Retrieve a participant.

Public Attributes
	things

Static Public Attributes
set	participants = set()

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

__init__()

None __init__	(		self,
		str	ip_address,
		int	port
	)

Create a new participant with the given communcation info.

Parameters

ip_address	The IP address of the participant
port	The UDP port of the participant

Reimplemented in ParticipantUDP.

Member Function Documentation

Get()

Optional[Thing] Get	(		self,
		int	thing_id
	)

Get the thing with the given properties.

Parameters

thing_id

The ID of the thing

Returns

The thing if found, None in other cases

Add()

Add	(		self,
		Thing	thing,
		bool	check_id = True
	)

Add a new thing for this participant.

Parameters

thing	The thing to add
check_id	If true, the thing.id is regenerated if it is zero

Remove()

None Remove	(		self,
		Thing	thing
	)

Remove a thing for this participant.

Parameters

thing

The thing to remove

Update()

None Update	(		self,
		int	currentTimeMs = 0
	)

Update all things for this participant.

Parameters

The	current time in milliseconds (optional)

Reimplemented in ParticipantUDP.

GetParticipant()

Optional['Participant'] GetParticipant ( Union[str, int]  arg1, Optional[int]   port = None  )

static

Retrieve a participant.

Parameters

arg1	Either: str: The IP address of the participant int: The network ID of the participant
port	The port number of the participant

AddParticipant()

'Participant' AddParticipant	(	Union[str, 'Participant']	arg1,
		Optional[int]	port = None
	)

Add a participant.

Parameters

arg1	Either: str: The IP address of the participant Participant: The participant to add
port	The port number of the participant

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• d:/Python/RoboidControl/RoboidControl/Participant.py