/// <summary>
/// Used to generate a heart beat.
/// The pending status is propogated to the public interface and the pending status is cleared.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>True if the status has changed.</returns>
public bool PulseAlive()
{
bool ret = false;
lock (this)
{
ret = (mStatus != mPendingStatus);
mStatus = mPendingStatus;
mPendingStatus = EquipmentFlages.None;
}
return(ret);
}
/// <summary>
/// Updates the BuildNo, Mask and Status.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="info">Device details to update this device to.</param>
/// <returns>True if any data was changed, false if no fields needed updating.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The Status information is staged to allow for any gitter.
/// Use the <see cref="PulseAlive"/> method to propogate the Status to the public interface.
/// </remarks>
public DeviceCatalogue.CatalogueChangeType Update(DeviceCatalogueInfo info)
{
DeviceCatalogue.CatalogueChangeType ret = DeviceCatalogue.CatalogueChangeType.NONE;
lock (this)
{
if (mBuildNo != info.mBuildNo || mMask != info.mMask)
{
mBuildNo = info.BuildNo;
mMask |= info.mMask;
ret = DeviceCatalogue.CatalogueChangeType.EQUIPMENT;
}
mPendingStatus |= info.mStatus;
}
return(ret);
}
