MetadataHelpers Class

Represents functionality to manage device and measurement metadata for adapters.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
GSF.TimeSeries.AdaptersMetadataHelpers

Namespace: GSF.TimeSeries.Adapters
Assembly: GSF.TimeSeries (in GSF.TimeSeries.dll) Version: 2.4.218-beta

Syntax

public static class MetadataHelpers

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public NotInheritable Class MetadataHelpers

[ExtensionAttribute]
public ref class MetadataHelpers abstract sealed

[<AbstractClassAttribute>]
[<SealedAttribute>]
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
type MetadataHelpers = class end

GSF.TimeSeries.Adapters.MetadataHelpers = function();

Type.createClass(
	'GSF.TimeSeries.Adapters.MetadataHelpers');

The MetadataHelpers type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	ElapsedWaitTimeString	Gets string representation of elapsed wait time for configurationReloadWaitTimeout and configurationReloadWaitAttempts.
	GetMeasurementRecord	Gets measurement record, creating it if needed.
	GetParentDevice	Gets ID of parent device, creating or updating record if needed, for the current IAdapter instance.
	LookupDevice	Looks up associated device acronym and ID from provided signalID.
	LookupMeasurementKey	Looks up or creates measurement key based on provided signalID.
	LookupPointTag	Looks up point tag name from provided signalID.
	LookupSignalReference	Looks up signal reference from provided signalID.
	OnConfigurationChanged	Notifies host system of configuration changes.
	PointTagExists	Determines if pointTag exists in local configuration.
	SignalIDExists	Determines if signalID exists in local configuration.
	SignalReferenceExists	Determines if signalReference exists in local configuration.
	WaitForSignalsToLoad	Waits for signalIDs to be loaded in system configuration.

Fields

	Name	Description
	DefaultConfigurationReloadWaitAttempts	Defines the default value for the configuration reload wait attempts.
	DefaultConfigurationReloadWaitTimeout	Defines the default value for the configuration reload wait timeout.
	DefaultMeasurementTable	Defines the default measurement table name.