Package lejos.robotics

Interface LampController

public interface LampController

Interface for a light sensors that also includes a lamp (usually LED) to provide illumination.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getFloodlight() Returns the color of the floodlight, including Color.NONE.
boolean	isFloodlightOn() Checks if the floodlight is currently on.
void	setFloodlight(boolean floodlight) Turns the default LED light on or off.
boolean	setFloodlight(int color) Used to turn on or off the floodlight by color.

Method Detail

setFloodlight

void setFloodlight(boolean floodlight)

Turns the default LED light on or off. If the sensors has more than one lamp color, this will control the red LED.

Parameters:

floodlight - true to turn on lamp, false for off (ambient light only).

isFloodlightOn

boolean isFloodlightOn()

Checks if the floodlight is currently on.

Returns:

true if on, false if off.

getFloodlight

int getFloodlight()

Returns the color of the floodlight, including Color.NONE.

Returns:

An enumeration of the current color.

setFloodlight

boolean setFloodlight(int color)

Used to turn on or off the floodlight by color. If the sensors has multiple light colors, you can control which color is turned on or off. If the color does not exist, it does nothing and returns false. You can turn the floodlight off by using Color.NONE.

Parameters:

color - Use Color enumeration constant to control lamp colors.

Returns:

True if lamp changed, false if lamp color doesn't exist for this sensors.