/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel can be written to an archive, depending on its type.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsArchivable(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(CnlTypeID.IsArchivable(cnl.CnlTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel type relates to an output channel.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsOutput(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(CnlTypeID.IsOutput(cnl.CnlTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel type relates to a calculated channel.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsCalculated(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(CnlTypeID.IsCalculated(cnl.CnlTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel represents an array of numbers.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsNumericArray(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(cnl.DataLen > 1 && DataTypeID.IsNumeric(cnl.DataTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel represents an array or string.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsArray(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(cnl.DataLen > 1);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel data type is string.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsString(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(DataTypeID.IsString(cnl.DataTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether the channel data type is numeric.
/// </summary>
public static bool IsNumeric(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(DataTypeID.IsNumeric(cnl.DataTypeID));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the normalized data length of the specified channel.
/// </summary>
public static int GetDataLength(this Cnl cnl)
{
return(cnl.DataLen.HasValue ? Math.Max(cnl.DataLen.Value, 1) : 1);
}