Shaker/PLCConnect/NModbus/IO/IStreamResource.cs

using System;

namespace NModbus.IO
{
    /// <summary>
    ///     Represents a serial resource.
    ///     Implementor - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_Pattern
    /// </summary>
    public interface IStreamResource : IDisposable
    {
        /// <summary>
        ///     Indicates that no timeout should occur.
        /// </summary>
        int InfiniteTimeout { get; }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets or sets the number of milliseconds before a timeout occurs when a read operation does not finish.
        /// </summary>
        int ReadTimeout { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Gets or sets the number of milliseconds before a timeout occurs when a write operation does not finish.
        /// </summary>
        int WriteTimeout { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        ///     Purges the receive buffer.
        /// </summary>
        void DiscardInBuffer();

        /// <summary>
        ///     Reads a number of bytes from the input buffer and writes those bytes into a byte array at the specified offset.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">The byte array to write the input to.</param>
        /// <param name="offset">The offset in the buffer array to begin writing.</param>
        /// <param name="count">The number of bytes to read.</param>
        /// <returns>The number of bytes read.</returns>
        int Read(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count);

        /// <summary>
        ///     Writes a specified number of bytes to the port from an output buffer, starting at the specified offset.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="buffer">The byte array that contains the data to write to the port.</param>
        /// <param name="offset">The offset in the buffer array to begin writing.</param>
        /// <param name="count">The number of bytes to write.</param>
        void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count);
    }
}