Useful Utility Classes
Driver API
These byte utility classes are provided by the driver API and are very useful when writing protocol based drivers.
Class | Description |
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ByteUtilities | Useful functions for serializing most basic data types to byte arrays. |
BCDByteUtilities | Similar to ByteUtilies, but for BCD encoding, with both Little and Big Endian support. |
Designer API
These classes are provided by the Designer API:
Class | Description |
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EDTUtil | Provides convenience functions for working with the EDT, and a useful coalescingInvokeLater() function that can be used to group multiple calls into a single event. |
ErrorUtil | Many functions for displaying errors, but also other dialogs such as info and warning messages, and prompts. |
IconUtil | Used for retrieving icons provided with Ignition. |