@growbox/sensors/src/converters/AbstractAnalogToDigitalConverter.js

An abstraction layer for a selection of raspberry-compatible sensors

/**
 * @author nstCactus
 * @date 09/12/2017 15:00
 */

const AbstractSensor = require('../sensors/AbstractSensor');

/** {WeakMap<string>} The human-readable name of the ADC component */
const _name = new WeakMap();

/** {WeakMap<string>} A unique identifier for the ADC component */
const _uid = new WeakMap();

/**
 * An abstract class to represent an ADC (analog to digital converter) component
 */
class AbstractAnalogToDigitalConverter {
  constructor(name, uid) {
    if (this.constructor === AbstractSensor) {
      throw new TypeError('Abstract class "AbstractAnalogToDigitalConverter" cannot be instantiated directly.');
    }

    if (this.read === undefined) {
      throw new TypeError('Classes extending the "AbstractAnalogToDigitalConverter" abstract class must implement the "read" method.');
    }

    _name.set(this, name);
    _uid.set(this, uid);
  }

  /**
   * @returns {string} the name of the sensor
   */
  get name() {
    return _name.get(this);
  }

  /**
   * @returns {string} the unique identifier (UID) of the sensor
   */
  get uid() {
    return _uid.get(this);
  }
}


module.exports = AbstractAnalogToDigitalConverter;