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//  11/16/2011 - J. Ritchie Carroll
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//  12/13/2012 - Starlynn Danyelle Gilliam
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using System.ComponentModel;
using GSF;
using GSF.TimeSeries.Adapters;

namespace TestingAdapters
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a virtual input adapter used for testing purposes - no data gets produced.
    /// </summary>
    [Description("Virtual: Defines a testing input that does not provide measurements")]
    [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)] // Normally defined as an input device protocol
    public class VirtualInputAdapter : InputAdapterBase
    {
        #region [ Properties ]

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets flag that determines if this <see cref="VirtualInputAdapter"/> uses an asynchronous connection.
        /// </summary>
        protected override bool UseAsyncConnect
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the flag indicating if this adapter supports temporal processing.
        /// </summary>
        public override bool SupportsTemporalProcessing
        {
            get
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region [ Methods ]

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets a short one-line status of this <see cref="VirtualInputAdapter"/>.
        /// </summary>
        public override string GetShortStatus(int maxLength)
        {
            return "Virtual input adapter happily exists...".CenterText(maxLength);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to connect to this <see cref="VirtualInputAdapter"/>.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void AttemptConnection()
        {
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to disconnect to this <see cref="VirtualInputAdapter"/>.
        /// </summary>
        protected override void AttemptDisconnection()
        {
        }

        #endregion
    }
}