/// <summary>
/// Creates and adds a new SysDOM-only signal descriptor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="me">component descriptor to host the new signal</param>
/// <param name="name">name of new signal</param>
/// <param name="dataType">type of signal value</param>
/// <returns>the descriptor for the newly created signal</returns>
public static SignalBuilder CreateSignal(this IComponentDescriptor me, string name, Type dataType)
{
Contract.Requires <ArgumentNullException>(me != null);
Contract.Requires <ArgumentNullException>(name != null);
Contract.Requires <ArgumentNullException>(dataType != null);
object initialValue = Activator.CreateInstance(dataType);
SignalBuilder result = new SignalBuilder(dataType, initialValue);
me.AddChild(result, name);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates and adds a new SysDOM-only signal descriptor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="me">component descriptor to host the new signal</param>
/// <param name="name">name of new signal</param>
/// <param name="dataType">type of signal value</param>
/// <returns>the descriptor for the newly created signal</returns>
public static SignalBuilder CreateSignal(this IComponentDescriptor me, string name, Type dataType)
{
Contract.Requires<ArgumentNullException>(me != null);
Contract.Requires<ArgumentNullException>(name != null);
Contract.Requires<ArgumentNullException>(dataType != null);
object initialValue = Activator.CreateInstance(dataType);
SignalBuilder result = new SignalBuilder(dataType, initialValue);
me.AddChild(result, name);
return result;
}
