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              IInput
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public interface IInputAdapter : IAdapter, ISupportLifecycle, IDisposable, IProvideStatus
The IInputAdapter type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AutoStart | 
            Gets or sets flag indicating if adapter should automatically start or connect on demand.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| ConnectionInfo | 
            Gets connection info for adapter, if any.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| ConnectionString | 
            Gets or sets key/value pair connection information specific to IAdapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| DataSource | 
            Gets or sets DataSet based data source available to IAdapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Enabled | 
            Gets or sets a boolean value that indicates whether the object is enabled.
             (Inherited from ISupportLifecycle)  | |
| ID | 
            Gets or sets the numeric ID associated with this IAdapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| InitializationTimeout | 
            Gets or sets maximum time system will wait during Start for initialization.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Initialized | 
            Gets or sets flag indicating if the adapter has been initialized successfully.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| InputMeasurementKeys | 
            Gets or sets primary keys of input measurements the adapter expects.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| IsDisposed | 
            Gets a flag that indicates whether the object has been disposed.
             (Inherited from ISupportLifecycle)  | |
| Name | 
            Gets or sets name of this IAdapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| OutputMeasurements | 
            Gets or sets output measurements that the adapter will produce, if any.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| OutputSourceIDs | Gets or sets Source values used to filter output measurements. | |
| ProcessedMeasurements | 
            Gets the total number of measurements processed thus far by the IAdapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| ProcessingInterval | 
            Gets or sets the desired processing interval, in milliseconds, for the adapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| RequestedOutputMeasurementKeys | Gets or sets output measurement keys that are requested by other adapters based on what adapter says it can provide. | |
| Settings | 
            Gets settings DictionaryTKey, TValue parsed when ConnectionString was assigned.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| StartTimeConstraint | 
            Gets the start time temporal processing constraint defined by call to SetTemporalConstraint(String, String, String).
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Status | 
            Gets the current status details about object providing status information.
             (Inherited from IProvideStatus)  | |
| StopTimeConstraint | 
            Gets the stop time temporal processing constraint defined by call to SetTemporalConstraint(String, String, String).
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| SupportsTemporalProcessing | 
            Gets the flag indicating if this adapter supports temporal processing.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | 
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Dispose | Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources. (Inherited from IDisposable)  | |
| GetShortStatus | 
            Gets a short one-line adapter status.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Initialize | 
            Initializes the state of the object.
             (Inherited from ISupportLifecycle)  | |
| SetTemporalConstraint | 
            Defines a temporal processing constraint for the adapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Start | 
             Starts the adapter, if it is not already running.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Stop | 
            Stops the adapter.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | 
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ConfigurationChanged | 
            Event is raised when adapter is aware of a configuration change.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| Disposed | 
            Raised after the source object has been properly disposed.
             (Inherited from ISupportLifecycle)  | |
| InputMeasurementKeysUpdated | 
            Event is raised when InputMeasurementKeys are updated.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| NewMeasurements | Provides new measurements from input adapter. | |
| OutputMeasurementsUpdated | 
            Event is raised when OutputMeasurements are updated.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| ProcessException | 
            Event is raised when there is an exception encountered while processing.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | |
| ProcessingComplete | Indicates to the host that processing for the input adapter has completed. | |
| StatusMessage | 
            Provides status messages to consumer.
             (Inherited from IAdapter)  | 
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| GetMeasurementRecord | 
            Gets measurement record, creating it if needed.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| GetParentDevice | 
            Gets ID of parent device, creating or updating record if needed, for the current IAdapter instance.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| InputMeasurementKeys | 
            Returns the MeasurementKey values of the IAdapter input measurements.
             (Defined by IAdapterExtensions)  | |
| LookupDevice | 
            Looks up associated device acronym and ID from provided signalID.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| LookupMeasurementKey | 
            Looks up or creates measurement key based on provided signalID.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| LookupPointTag | 
            Looks up point tag name from provided signalID.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| LookupSignalReference | 
            Looks up signal reference from provided signalID.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| OnConfigurationChanged | 
            Notifies host system of configuration changes.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| OutputMeasurementKeys | 
            Returns the MeasurementKey values of the IAdapter output measurements.
             (Defined by IAdapterExtensions)  | |
| PointTagExists | 
            Determines if pointTag exists in local configuration.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| SignalIDExists | 
            Determines if signalID exists in local configuration.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| SignalReferenceExists | 
            Determines if signalReference exists in local configuration.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  | |
| TemporalConstraintIsDefined | 
            Returns true if IAdapter has a temporal constraint defined, i.e., either
            StartTimeConstraint or StopTimeConstraint is not
            set to its default value.
             (Defined by IAdapterExtensions)  | |
| WaitForSignalsToLoad | 
            Waits for signalIDs to be loaded in system configuration.
             (Defined by MetadataHelpers)  |