W1DeviceType (Pi4J :: Java Library (Core) 1.4 API)

```
public interface W1DeviceType
```
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Wire

Author:

Peter Schuebl

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`W1Device`	`create(File deviceDir)`	Creates a new instance of a concrete device.
`Class<? extends W1Device>`	`getDeviceClass()`	Gets the implementation class of the device which must be a sub-class of W1Device
`int`	`getDeviceFamilyCode()`	Returns the FID of the W1 device e.g.

- Method Detail
  - getDeviceFamilyCode
```
int getDeviceFamilyCode()
```
    Returns the FID of the W1 device e.g. 0x28 for DS18B20 Each device has 48 bit (six bytes) globally unique address where last eight bits are CRC of first 56 bits. First byte stores a device family code, that identifies device type.
    
    Returns:
    
    the family id of the device
  - getDeviceClass
```
Class<? extends W1Device> getDeviceClass()
```
    Gets the implementation class of the device which must be a sub-class of W1Device
    
    Returns:
    
    the implementation class
  - create
```
W1Device create(File deviceDir)
```
    Creates a new instance of a concrete device.
    
    Parameters:
    
    deviceDir -
    
    Returns: