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TITLE:: HIDUsage
summary:: Helper class to read usage information from HID usage tables
categories:: External Control>HID
related:: Classes/HID, Classes/HIDElement, Classes/HIDCollection, Guides/Working_with_HID
DESCRIPTION::
HID functionality is described by the USB HID standard usage tables. Each element and collection has a usage page and index, describing the type of control that it provides. This class allows to query the name of a usage and page based on the indices read from the device. This class is primarily used internally by other HID classes.
CLASSMETHODS::
PRIVATE:: initClass
METHOD:: getUsageDescription
Retrieve the standard usage name and pagename of an HID usage element or collection.
ARGUMENT:: usagePage
usage page number
ARGUMENT:: usage
usage index
returns:: an Array with the pageName and usageName
METHOD:: hutDirectory
Directory where the yaml files with the HID usage tables are stored.
METHOD:: readHUTFile
Reads and parses the HID usage table file. Called from getUsageDescription to read in the usage table.
ARGUMENT:: yamlfile
the filename of the yamlfile with a particular usage table, relative to the hutDirectory.
returns:: an IdentityDictionary representing the table
METHOD:: getUsageIds
Retrieve usage id and page id from the usageName.
ARGUMENT:: usageName
the usage name
returns:: an Array with the page id and the usage id
METHOD:: idsToName
Retrieve the standard usage name and pagename of an HID usage element or collection.
ARGUMENT:: page
the usage page id
ARGUMENT:: usage
the usage id
returns:: the usage name
METHOD:: usageIDsToName
MultiLevelIdentityDictionary containing a map of page ids, usage ids to usage names.
METHOD:: usageNameToIDs
IdentityDictionary containing a map of usageNames to page ids and usage ids.
EXAMPLES::
Get the usage description for a collection or element with usage page 1 and usage index 5
code::
HIDUsage.getUsageDescription( 1, 5 );
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