The UPnP Device Architecture specification provides the protocols for a peer-to-peer network. It specifies how to join a network and how devices can be controlled using XML messages sent over HTTP. The OSGi specifications address how code can be download and managed in a remote system. Both standards are therefore fully complimentary. Using an OSGi Framework to work with UPnP enabled devices is therefore a very successful combination.
This specification specifies how OSGi bundles can be developed that interoperate with UPnP™ (Universal Plug and Play) devices and UPnP control points. The specification is based on the UPnP Device Architecture and does not further explain the UPnP specifications. The UPnP specifications are maintained by [1] UPnP Forum.
UPnP™ is a trademark of the UPnP Implementers Corporation.
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Scope - This specification is limited to device control aspects of the UPnP specifications. Aspects concerning the TCP/IP layer, like DHCP and limited TTL, are not addressed.
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Transparency - OSGi services should be made available to networks with UPnP enabled devices in a transparent way.
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Network Selection - It must be possible to restrict the use of the UPnP protocols to a selection of the connected networks. For example, in certain cases OSGi services that are UPnP enabled should not be published to the Wide Area Network side of a gateway, nor should UPnP devices be detected on this WAN.
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Event handling - Bundles must be able to listen to UPnP events.
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Export OSGi services as UPnP devices - Enable bundles that make a service available to UPnP control points.
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Implement UPnP Control Points - Enable bundles that control UPnP devices.
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UPnP Base Driver - The bundle that implements the bridge between OSGi and UPnP networks. This entity is not represented as a service.
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UPnP Root Device -A physical device can contain one or more root devices. Root devices contain one ore more devices. A root device is modeled with a
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UPnP Device - The representation of a UPnP device. A UPnP device may contain other UPnP devices and UPnP services. This entity is represented by a
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UPnP Service -A UPnP device consists of a number of services. A UPnP service has a number of UPnP state variables that can be queried and modified with actions. This concept is represented by a
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UPnP Action - A UPnP service is associated with a number of actions that can be performed on that service and that may modify the UPnP state variables. This entity is represented by a
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UPnP Event Listener Service - A listener to events coming from UPnP devices.
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UPnP Host - The machine that hosts the code to run a UPnP device or control point.
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UPnP Control Point - A UPnP device that is intended to control UPnP devices over a network. For example, a UPnP remote controller.
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UPnP Icon - A representation class for an icon associated with a UPnP device.
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UPnP Exception - An exception that delivers errors that were discovered in the UPnP layer.
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UDN - Unique Device Name, a name that uniquely identifies the a specific device.
To make a UPnP service available to UPnP control points on a
network, an OSGi service object must be registered under the
UPnPDevice interface with the Framework. The UPnP driver
bundle must detect these UPnP Device services and must make them
available to the network as UPnP devices using the UPnP protocol.
UPnP devices detected on the local network must be detected and
automatically registered under the UPnPDevice interface
with the Framework by the UPnP driver implementation bundle.
A bundle that wants to control UPnP devices, for example to implement a UPnP control point, should track UPnP Device services in the OSGi service registry and control them appropriately. Such bundles should not distinguish between resident or remote UPnP Device services.
The UPnP DA is intended to be used in a broad range of device from the computing (PCs printers), consumer electronics (DVD, TV, radio), communication (phones) to home automation (lighting control, security) and home appliances (refrigerators, coffee makers) domains.
For example, a UPnP TV might announce its existence on a network by broadcasting a message. A UPnP control point on that network can then discover this TV by listening to those announce messages. The UPnP specifications allow the control point to retrieve information about the user interface of the TV. This information can then be used to allow the end user to control the remote TV from the control point, for example turn it on or change the channels.
The UPnP specification supports the following features:
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Detect and control a UPnP standardized device. In this case the control point and the remote device share a priori knowledge about how the device should be controlled. The UPnP Forum intends to define a large number of these standardized devices.
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Use a user interface description. A UPnP control point receives enough information about a device and its services to automatically build a user interface for it.
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Programmatic Control. A program can directly control a UPnP device without a user interface. This control can be based on detected information about the device or through a priori knowledge of the device type.
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Allows the user to browse a web page supplied by the device. This web page contains a user interface for the device that be directly manipulated by the user. However, this option is not well defined in the UPnP Device Architecture specification and is not tested for compliance.
The UPnP Device Architecture specification and the OSGi Framework provide complementary functionality. The UPnP Device Architecture specification is a data communication protocol that does not specify where and how programs execute. That choice is made by the implementations. In contrast, the OSGi Framework specifies a (managed) execution point and does not define what protocols or media are supported. The UPnP specification and the OSGi specifications are fully complementary and do not overlap.
From the OSGi perspective, the UPnP specification is a communication protocol that can be implemented by one or more bundles. This specification therefore defines the following:
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How an OSGi bundle can implement a service that is exported to the network via the UPnP protocols.
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How to find and control services that are available on the local network.
The UPnP specifications related to the assignment of IP addresses to new devices on the network or auto-IP self configuration should be handled at the operating system level. Such functions are outside the scope of this specification.
The functionality of the UPnP service is implemented in a UPnP base driver. This is a bundle that implements the UPnP protocols and handles the interaction with bundles that use the UPnP devices. A UPnP base driver bundle must provide the following functions:
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Discover UPnP devices on the network and map each discovered device into an OSGi registered UPnP Device service.
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Present UPnP marked services that are registered with the OSGi Framework on one or more networks to be used by other computers.
The principle entity of the UPnP specification is the UPnP device. There is a UPnP root device that represents a physical appliance, such as a complete TV. The root device contains a number of sub-devices. These might be the tuner, the monitor, and the sound system. Each sub-device is further composed of a number of UPnP services. A UPnP service represents some functional unit in a device. For example, in a TV tuner it can represent the TV channel selector. Figure 111.2 on page illustrates this hierarchy.
Each UPnP service can be manipulated with a number of UPnP actions. UPnP actions can modify the state of a UPnP state variable that is associated with a service. For example, in a TV there might be a state variable volume. There are then actions to set the volume, to increase the volume, and to decrease the volume.
The UPnP root device is registered as a UPnP Device service with
the Framework, as well as all its sub-devices. Most applications will
work with sub-devices, and, as a result, the children of the root device
are registered under the UPnPDevice interface.
UPnP device properties are defined per sub-device in the UPnP specification. These properties must be registered with the OSGi Framework service registry so they are searchable.
Bundles that want to handle the UPnP device hierarchy can use the
registered service properties to find the parent of a device (which is
another registered UPnPDevice).
The following service registration properties can be used to discover this hierarchy:
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PARENT_UDN - (
String) The Universal Device Name (UDN) of the parent device. A root device most not have this property registered. Type is aStringobject. -
CHILDREN_UDN -
(String[])An array of UDNs of this device's children.
Both imported (from the network to the OSGi service registry) and
exported (from the service registry to the network)
UPnPDevice services must have the same representation in
the OSGi Framework for identical devices. For example, if an OSGi UPnP
Device service is exported as a UPnP device from an OSGi Framework to
the network, and it is imported into another OSGi Framework, the object
representation should be equal. Application bundles should therefore be
able to interact with imported and exported forms of the UPnP device in
the same manner.
Imported and exported UPnP devices differ only by two marker
properties that can be added to the service registration. One marker,
DEVICE_CATEGORY, should typically be set only on imported
devices. By not setting DEVICE_CATEGORY on internal UPnP
devices, the Device Manager does not try to refine these devices (See
the Device Access Specification for more information about the
Device Manager). If the device service does not implement the
Device interface and does not have the
DEVICE_CATEGORY property set, it is not considered a
device according to the Device Access
Specification.
The other marker, UPNP_EXPORT, should only be set on internally created devices that the bundle developer wants to export. By not setting UPNP_EXPORT on registered UPnP Device services, the UPnP Device service can be used by internally created devices that should not be exported to the network. This allows UPnP devices to be simulated within an OSGi Framework without announcing all of these devices to any networks.
The UPNP_EXPORT service property has no defined type, any value is correct.
A UPnP device can optionally support an icon. The purpose of this icon is to identify the device on a UPnP control point. UPnP control points can be implemented in large computers like PC's or simple devices like a remote control. However, the graphic requirements for these UPnP devices differ tremendously. The device can, therefore, export a number of icons of different size and depth.
In the UPnP specifications, an icon is represented by a URL that typically refers to the device itself. In this specification, a list of icons is available from the UPnP Device service.
In order to obtain localized icons, the method getIcons(String) can be used to obtain different versions. If the
locale specified is a null argument, then the call returns
the icons of the default locale of the called device (not the default
locale of the UPnP control point).When a bundle wants to access the icon
of an imported UPnP device, the UPnP driver gets the data and presents
it to the application through an input stream.
A bundle that needs to export a UPnP Device service with one or
more icons must provide an implementation of the UPnPIcon
interface. This implementation must provide an InputStream
object to the actual icon data. The UPnP driver bundle must then
register this icon with an HTTP server and include the URL to the icon
with the UPnP device data at the appropriate place.
UPnP Device services are devices in the context of the Device
Manager. This means that these services need to register with a number of
properties to participate in driver refinement. The value for UPnP devices
is defined in the UPnPDevice constant DEVICE_CATEGORY. The value is UPnP. The
UPnPDevice interface contains a number of constants for
matching values. Refer to MATCH_GENERIC for further information.
A UPnP Device contains a number of UPnPService objects.
UPnPService objects combine zero or more actions and one or
more state variables.
The UPnPStateVariable interface encapsulates the
properties of a UPnP state variable. In addition to the properties
defined by the UPnP specification, a state variable is also mapped to a
Java data type. The Java data type is used when an event is generated
for this state variable and when an action is performed containing
arguments related to this state variable. There must be a strict
correspondence between the UPnP data type and the Java data type so that
bundles using a particular UPnP device profile can predict the precise
Java data type.
The function QueryStateVariable defined in the UPnP
specification has been deprecated and is therefore not implemented. It
is recommended to use the UPnP event mechanism to track UPnP state
variables.
Additionally, a UPnPStateVariable object can also
implement the UPnPLocalStateVariable interface if the
device is implemented locally. That is, the device is not imported from
the network. The UPnPLocalStateVariable interface provides
a getCurrentValue() method that provides direct access to the actual
value of the state variable.
The UPnP driver must register all discovered UPnP devices in the
local networks. These devices are registered under a
UPnPDevice interface with the OSGi Framework.
Using a remote UPnP device thus involves tracking UPnP Device
services in the OSGi service registry. The following code illustrates how
this can be done. The sample Controller class extends the
ServiceTracker class so that it can track all UPnP Device
services and add them to a user interface, such as a remote controller
application.
class Controller extends ServiceTracker {
UI ui;
Controller( BundleContext context ) {
super( context, UPnPDevice.class.getName(), null );
}
public Object addingService( ServiceReference ref ) {
UPnPDevice dev = (UPnPDevice)super.addingService(ref);
ui.addDevice( dev );
return dev;
}
public void removedService( ServiceReference ref,
Object dev ) {
ui.removeDevice( (UPnPDevice) dev );
}
...
}OSGi services can also be exported as UPnP devices to the local networks, in a way that is transparent to typical UPnP devices. This allows developers to bridge legacy devices to UPnP networks. A bundle should perform the following to export an OSGi service as a UPnP device:
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Register an UPnP Device service with the registration property UPNP_EXPORT.
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Use the registration property PRESENTATION_URL to provide the presentation page. The service implementer must register its own servlet with the Http Service to serve out this interface. This URL must point to that servlet.
There can be multiple UPnP root devices hosted by one OSGi platform. The relationship between the UPnP devices and the OSGi platform is defined by the PARENT_UDN and CHILDREN_UDN service properties. The bundle registering those device services must make sure these properties are set accordingly.
Devices that are implemented on the OSGi Framework (in contrast with devices that are imported from the network) should use the UPnPLocalStateVariable interface for their state variables instead of the UPnPStateVariable interface. This interface provides programmatic access to the actual value of the state variable as maintained by the device specific code.
There are two distinct event directions for the UPnP Service specification.
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External events from the network must be dispatched to listeners inside the OSGi Frameworks. The UPnP Base driver is responsible for mapping the network events to internal listener events.
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Implementations of UPnP devices must send out events to local listeners as well as cause the transmission of the UPnP network events.
UPnP events are sent using the whiteboard model, in which a bundle
interested in receiving the UPnP events registers an object implementing
the UPnPEventListener interface. A filter can be set to limit
the events for which a bundle is notified. The UPnP Base driver must
register a UPnP Event Lister without filter that receives all
events.
If a service is registered with a property named
upnp.filter with the value of an instance of an
Filter object, the listener is only notified for matching
events (This is a Filter object and not a String
object because it allows the InvalidSyntaxException to be
thrown in the client and not the UPnP driver bundle).
The filter might refer to any valid combination of the following pseudo properties for event filtering:
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UPnPDevice.UDN - (UPnP.device.UDN/String) Only events generated by services contained in the specific device are delivered. For example:(UPnP.device.UDN=uuid:Upnp-TVEmulator-1_0-1234567890001) -
UPnPDevice.TYPE - (UPnP.device.type/String or String[]) Only events generated by services contained in a device of the given type are delivered. For example:(UPnP.device.type=urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:tvdevice:1) -
UPnPService.ID - (UPnP.service.id/String) Service identity. Only events generated by services matching the given service ID are delivered. -
UPnPService.TYPE - (UPnP.service.type/String or String[]) Only events generated by services of the given type are delivered.
If an event is generated by either a local device or via the base driver for an external device, the notifyUPnPEvent(String,String,Dictionary) method is called on all registered UPnPEventListener services for which the optional filter matches for that event. If no filter is specified, all events must be delivered. If the filter does not match, the UPnP Driver must not call the UPnP Event Listener service. The way events must be delivered is the same as described in Delivering Events of OSGi Core Release 8.
One or multiple events are passed as parameters to the notifyUPnPEvent(String,String,Dictionary) method. The Dictionary object holds a
pair of UpnPStateVariable objects that triggered the event
and an Object for the new value of the state variable.
Special care must be taken with the initial subscription to events. According to the UPnP specification, when a client subscribes for notification of events for the first time, the device sends out a number of events for each state variable, indicating the current value of each state variable. This behavior simplifies the synchronization of a device and an event-driven client.
The UPnP Base Driver must mimic this event distribution on behalf of external devices. It must therefore remember the values of the state variables of external devices. A UPnP Device implementation must send out these initial events for each state variable they have a value for.
The UPnP Base Driver must have stored the last event from the device and retransmit the value over the multicast network. The UPnP Driver must register an event listener without any filter for this purpose.
The call to the listener's notification method must be done asynchronously.
UPnP events must be delivered asynchronously to the Event Admin service by the UPnP implementation, if present. UPnP events have the following topic:
org/osgi/service/upnp/UPnPEventThe properties of a UPnP event are the following:
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upnp.deviceId- (String) The identity as defined byUPnPDevice.UDN of the device sending the event. -
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upnp.events - (Dictionary)ADictionaryobject containing the new values for the state variables that have changed.
All values of the UPnP properties are obtained from the device using the device's default locale. If an application wants to query a set of localized property values, it has to use the method getDescriptions(String). For localized versions of the icons, the method getIcons(String) is to be used.
The UPnP specification uses different types for date and time concepts. An overview of these types is given in the following table.
Table 111.1 Mapping UPnP Date/Time types to Java
| UPnP Type | Class | Example | Value (TZ=CEST=UTC+0200) |
|---|---|---|---|
date |
Date |
1985-04-12 |
Sun April 12 00:00:00 CEST 1985 |
dateTime |
Date |
1985-04-12T10:15:30 |
Sun April 12 10:15:30 CEST 1985 |
dateTime.tz |
Date |
1985-04-12T10:15:30+0400 |
Sun April 12 08:15:30 CEST 1985 |
time |
Long |
23:20:50 |
84.050.000 (ms) |
time.tz |
Long |
23:20:50+0100 |
1.250.000 (ms) |
The UPnP specification points to [2] XML Schema. In this
standard, [3] ISO 8601 Date And Time formats are referenced. The mapping is not
completely defined which means that this OSGi UPnP specification defines a
complete mapping to Java classes. The UPnP types date,
dateTime and dateTime.tz are represented as a
Date object. For the date type, the hours,
minutes and seconds must all be zero.
The UPnP types time and time.tz are
represented as a Long object that represents the number of ms
since midnight. If the time wraps to the next day due to a time zone
value, then the final value must be truncated modulo 86.400.000.
See also TYPE_DATE.
The UPnP Exception can be thrown when a UPnPAction is
invoked. This exception contains information about the different UPnP
layers. The following errors are defined:
INVALID_ACTION - (401) No such action could be
found.
INVALID_ARGS - (402) Invalid argument.
INVALID_SEQUENCE_NUMBER - (403) Out of
synchronization.
INVALID_VARIABLE - (404) State variable not
found.
DEVICE_INTERNAL_ERROR - (501) Internal error.
Further errors are categorized as follows:
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Common Action Errors - In the range of
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Action Specific Errors - In the range of 700-799, defined by the UPnP Forum Working Committee.
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Non-Standard Action Specific Errors - In the range of 800-899. Defined by vendors.
In order to provide a standardized way to configure a UPnP driver
bundle, the Configuration Admin property upnp.ssdp.address is
defined.
The value is a String[] with a list of IP addresses,
optionally followed with a colon (':' \u003A) and a port
number. For example:
239.255.255.250:1900Those addresses define the interfaces which the UPnP driver is operating on. If no SSDP address is specified, the default assumed will be 239.255.255.250:1900. If no port is specified, port 1900 is assumed as default.
The operating system must support multicasting on the selected network device. In certain cases, a multicasting route has to be set in the operating system routing table.
These configurations are highly dependent on the underlying operating system and beyond the scope of this specification.
The UPnP specification is based on HTTP and uses plain text SOAP (XML) messages to control devices. For this reason, it does not provide any inherent security mechanisms. However, the UPnP specification is based on the exchange of XML files and not code. This means that at least worms and viruses cannot be implemented using the UPnP protocols.
However, a bundle registering a UPnP Device service is represented
on the outside network and has the ability to communicate. The same is
true for getting a UPnP Device service. It is therefore recommended that
ServicePermission[UPnPDevice|UPnPEventListener, REGISTER|GET]
be used sparingly and only for bundles that are trusted.
UPnP Package Version 1.2.
Bundles wishing to use this package must list the package in the Import-Package header of the bundle's manifest. This package has two types of users: the consumers that use the API in this package and the providers that implement the API in this package.
Example import for consumers using the API in this package:
Import-Package: org.osgi.service.upnp; version="[1.2,2.0)"
Example import for providers implementing the API in this package:
Import-Package: org.osgi.service.upnp; version="[1.2,1.3)"
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UPnPStateVariable- The meta-information of a UPnP state variable as declared in the device's service state table (SST).
A UPnP action. Each UPnP service contains zero or more actions. Each action may have zero or more UPnP state variables as arguments.
Lists all input arguments for this action.
Each action may have zero or more input arguments.
This method must continue to return the action input argument names after the UPnP action has been removed from the network.
Array of input argument names or null if no input
arguments.
Returns the action name.
The action name corresponds to the name field in the
actionList of the service description.
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For standard actions defined by a UPnP Forum working committee, action names must not begin with
X_norA_. -
For non-standard actions specified by a UPnP vendor and added to a standard service, action names must begin with
X_.
This method must continue to return the action name after the UPnP action has been removed from the network.
Name of action, must not contain a hyphen character or a hash character
List all output arguments for this action.
This method must continue to return the action output argument names after the UPnP action has been removed from the network.
Array of output argument names or null if there are no
output arguments.
Returns the name of the designated return argument.
One of the output arguments can be flagged as a designated return argument.
This method must continue to return the action return argument name after the UPnP action has been removed from the network.
The name of the designated return argument or null if
none is marked.
The name of the UPnP action argument.
Finds the state variable associated with an argument name. Helps to resolve the association of state variables with argument names in UPnP actions.
State variable associated with the named argument or null
if there is no such argument.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP action has been removed from
the network.
A Dictionary of arguments. Must contain the correct
set and type of arguments for this action. May be null if
no input arguments exist.
Invokes the action.
The input and output arguments are both passed as Dictionary
objects. Each entry in the Dictionary object has a String
object as key representing the argument name and the value is the
argument itself. The class of an argument value must be assignable from
the class of the associated UPnP state variable.
The input argument Dictionary object must contain exactly those
arguments listed by getInputArguments method. The output argument
Dictionary object will contain exactly those arguments listed by
getOutputArguments method.
A Dictionary with the output arguments. null if
the action has no output arguments.
UPnPException– A UPnP error has occurred.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP action has been removed from
the network.
Exception– The execution fails for some reason.
Represents a UPnP device.
For each UPnP root and embedded device, an object is registered with the
framework under the UPnPDevice interface.
The relationship between a root device and its embedded devices can be
deduced using the UPnPDevice.CHILDREN_UDN and
UPnPDevice.PARENT_UDN service registration properties.
The values of the UPnP property names are defined by the UPnP Forum.
All values of the UPnP properties are obtained from the device using the device's default locale.
If an application wants to query for a set of localized property values, it
has to use the method UPnPDevice.getDescriptions(String locale).
The property key that must be set for all devices containing other embedded devices.
The value is an array of UDNs for each of the device's children (
String[]). The array contains UDNs for the immediate descendants
only.
If an embedded device in turn contains embedded devices, the latter are not included in the array.
The UPnP Specification does not encourage more than two levels of nesting.
The property is not set if the device does not contain embedded devices.
The property is of type String[]. Value is
"UPnP.device.childrenUDN"
Constant for the value of the service property DEVICE_CATEGORY
used for all UPnP devices. Value is "UPnP".
org.osgi.service.device.Constants.DEVICE_CATEGORY
Mandatory property key for a short user friendly version of the device
name. The property value holds a String object with the user
friendly name of the device. Value is "UPnP.device.friendlyName".
Property key for the Unique Device ID property. This property is an alias
to UPnPDevice.UDN. It is merely provided for reasons of symmetry
with the UPnPService.ID property. The value of the property is a
String object of the Device UDN. The value of the key is
"UPnP.device.UDN".
Mandatory property key for the device manufacturer's property. The property value holds a String representation of the device manufacturer's name. Value is "UPnP.device.manufacturer".
Optional property key for a URL to the device manufacturers Web site. The
value of the property is a String object representing the URL.
Value is "UPnP.device.manufacturerURL".
Constant for the UPnP device match scale, indicating a generic match for the device. Value is 1.
Constant for the UPnP device match scale, indicating a match with the device model. Value is 7.
Constant for the UPnP device match scale, indicating a match with the device revision. Value is 15.
Constant for the UPnP device match scale, indicating a match with the device revision and the serial number. Value is 31.
Constant for the UPnP device match scale, indicating a match with the device type. Value is 3.
Optional (but recommended) property key for a String object with
a long description of the device for the end user. The value is
"UPnP.device.modelDescription".
Mandatory property key for the device model name. The property value
holds a String object giving more information about the device
model. Value is "UPnP.device.modelName".
Optional (but recommended) property key for a String class typed
property holding the model number of the device. Value is
"UPnP.device.modelNumber".
Optional property key for a String typed property holding a
string representing the URL to the Web site for this model. Value is
"UPnP.device.modelURL".
The property key that must be set for all embedded devices. It contains the UDN of the parent device. The property is not set for root devices. The value is "UPnP.device.parentUDN".
Optional (but recommended) property key for a String typed
property holding a string representing the URL to a device representation
Web page. Value is "UPnP.presentationURL".
Optional (but recommended) property key for a String typed
property holding the serial number of the device. Value is
"UPnP.device.serialNumber".
Property key for the UPnP Device Type property. Some standard property values are defined by the Universal Plug and Play Forum. The type string also includes a version number as defined in the UPnP specification. This property must be set.
For standard devices defined by a UPnP Forum working committee, this must consist of the following components in the given order separated by colons:
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urn -
schemas-upnp-org
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device -
a device type suffix
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an integer device version
For non-standard devices specified by UPnP vendors following components must be specified in the given order separated by colons:
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urn -
an ICANN domain name owned by the vendor
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device -
a device type suffix
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an integer device version
To allow for backward compatibility the UPnP driver must automatically generate additional Device Type property entries for smaller versions than the current one. If for example a device announces its type as version 3, then properties for versions 2 and 1 must be automatically generated.
In the case of exporting a UPnPDevice, the highest available version must be announced on the network.
Syntax Example: urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:deviceType:v
The value is "UPnP.device.type".
Property key for the Unique Device Name (UDN) property. It is the unique
identifier of an instance of a UPnPDevice. The value of the
property is a String object of the Device UDN. Value of the key
is "UPnP.device.UDN". This property must be set.
Optional property key for a String typed property holding the
Universal Product Code (UPC) of the device. Value is "UPnP.device.UPC".
The UPnP.export service property is a hint that marks a device to
be picked up and exported by the UPnP Service. Imported devices do not
have this property set. The registered property requires no value.
The UPNP_EXPORT string is "UPnP.export".
A language tag as defined by RFC 1766 and maintained by ISO
639. Examples include "de", "en" or "
en-US". The default locale of the device is specified by
passing a null argument.
Get a set of localized UPnP properties. The UPnP specification allows a device to present different device properties based on the client's locale. The properties used to register the UPnPDevice service in the OSGi registry are based on the device's default locale. To obtain a localized set of the properties, an application can use this method.
Not all properties might be available in all locales. This method does not substitute missing properties with their default locale versions.
This method must continue to return the properties after the UPnP device has been removed from the network.
Dictionary mapping property name Strings to property value Strings
A language tag as defined by RFC 1766 and maintained by ISO
639. Examples include "de", "en" or "
en-US". The default locale of the device is specified by
passing a null argument.
Lists all icons for this device in a given locale. The UPnP specification allows a device to present different icons based on the client's locale.
Array of icons or null if no icons are available.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP device has been removed from
the network.
The service id
Locates a specific service by its service id.
The requested service or null if not found.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP device has been removed from
the network.
UPnP Events are mapped and delivered to applications according to the OSGi whiteboard model. An application that wishes to be notified of events generated by a particular UPnP Device registers a service extending this interface.
The notification call from the UPnP Service to any UPnPEventListener
object must be done asynchronous with respect to the originator (in a
separate thread).
Upon registration of the UPnP Event Listener service with the Framework, the service is notified for each variable which it listens for with an initial event containing the current value of the variable. Subsequent notifications only happen on changes of the value of the variable.
A UPnP Event Listener service filter the events it receives. This event set is limited using a standard framework filter expression which is specified when the listener service is registered.
The filter is specified in a property named "upnp.filter" and has as a value
an object of type org.osgi.framework.Filter.
When the Filter is evaluated, the following keywords are recognized as
defined as literal constants in the UPnPDevice class.
The valid subset of properties for the registration of UPnP Event Listener services are:
-
UPnPDevice.TYPE-- Which type of device to listen for events. -
UPnPDevice.ID-- The ID of a specific device to listen for events. -
UPnPService.TYPE-- The type of a specific service to listen for events. -
UPnPService.ID-- The ID of a specific service to listen for events.
Key for a service property having a value that is an object of type
org.osgi.framework.Filter and that is used to limit received
events.
ID of the device sending the events
ID of the service sending the events
Dictionary object containing the new values for the
state variables that have changed.
Callback method that is invoked for received events.
The events are collected in a Dictionary object. Each entry has a
String key representing the event name (= state variable name)
and the new value of the state variable. The class of the value object
must match the class specified by the UPnP State Variable associated with
the event. This method must be called asynchronously
There are several defined error situations describing UPnP problems while a control point invokes actions to UPnPDevices.
1.1
The invoked action failed during execution.
No Action found by that name at this service.
Not enough arguments, too many arguments with a specific name, or one of more of the arguments are of the wrong type.
The different end-points are no longer in synchronization.
error code which defined by UPnP Device Architecture V1.0.
error description which explain the type of problem.
This constructor creates a UPnPException on the specified error
code and error description.
error code which defined by UPnP Device Architecture V1.0.
error description which explain the type of the problem.
cause of that UPnPException.
This constructor creates a UPnPException on the specified error
code, error description and error cause.
1.2
Returns the UPnPError Code occurred by UPnPDevices during invocation.
The UPnPErrorCode defined by a UPnP Forum working committee or specified by a UPnP vendor.
As of 1.2. Replaced by getUPnPErrorCode().
A UPnP icon representation. Each UPnP device can contain zero or more icons.
Returns the color depth of the icon in bits.
This method must continue to return the icon depth after the UPnP device has been removed from the network.
The color depth in bits. If the actual color depth of the icon is unknown, -1 is returned.
Returns the height of the icon in pixels. If the actual height of the icon is unknown, -1 is returned.
This method must continue to return the icon height after the UPnP device has been removed from the network.
The height in pixels, or -1 if unknown.
Returns an InputStream object for the icon data.
The InputStream object provides a way for a client to read the
actual icon graphics data. The number of bytes available from this
InputStream object can be determined via the getSize()
method. The format of the data encoded can be determined by the MIME type
available via the getMimeType() method.
An InputStream to read the icon graphics data from.
IOException– If the InputStream cannot be returned.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP device has been removed from
the network.
Returns the MIME type of the icon.
This method returns the format in which the icon graphics, read from the
InputStream object obtained by the getInputStream()
method, is encoded.
The format of the returned string is in accordance to RFC2046. A list of valid MIME types is maintained by the IANA.
Typical values returned include: "image/jpeg" or "image/gif"
This method must continue to return the icon MIME type after the UPnP device has been removed from the network.
The MIME type of the encoded icon.
Returns the size of the icon in bytes.
This method returns the number of bytes of the icon available to read
from the InputStream object obtained by the
getInputStream() method. If the actual size can not be
determined, -1 is returned.
The icon size in bytes, or -1 if the size is unknown.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP device has been removed from
the network.
A local UPnP state variable which allows the value of the state variable to be queried.
1.1
This method will keep the current values of UPnPStateVariables of a UPnPDevice whenever UPnPStateVariable's value is changed , this method must be called.
Object current value of UPnPStateVariable. If the current
value is initialized with the default value defined UPnP service
description.
IllegalStateException– If the UPnP state variable has been
removed.
A representation of a UPnP Service. Each UPnP device contains zero or more services. The UPnP description for a service defines actions, their arguments, and event characteristics.
Property key for the optional service id.
The service id property is used when registering UPnP Device services or
UPnP Event Listener services. The value of the property contains a
String array (String[]) of service ids. A UPnP Device
service can thus announce what service ids it contains. A UPnP Event
Listener service can announce for what UPnP service ids it wants
notifications. A service id does not have to be universally
unique. It must be unique only within a device. A null value is a
wildcard, matching all services. The value is "UPnP.service.id".
Property key for the optional service type uri.
The service type property is used when registering UPnP Device services
and UPnP Event Listener services. The property contains a String
array (String[]) of service types. A UPnP Device service can thus
announce what types of services it contains. A UPnP Event Listener
service can announce for what type of UPnP services it wants
notifications. The service version is encoded in the type string as
specified in the UPnP specification. A null value is a wildcard,
matching all service types. Value is "UPnP.service.type".
Name of action. Must not contain hyphen or hash characters. Should be < 32 characters.
Locates a specific action by name. Looks up an action by its name.
The requested action or null if no action is found.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP service has been removed from
the network.
Lists all actions provided by this service.
Array of actions (UPnPAction[] )or null if no
actions are defined for this service.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP service has been removed from
the network.
Returns the serviceId field in the UPnP service description.
For standard services defined by a UPnP Forum working committee, the serviceId must contain the following components in the indicated order:
-
urn:upnp-org:serviceId: -
service ID suffix
Example: urn:upnp-org:serviceId:serviceID.
Note that upnp-org is used instead of schemas-upnp-org in
this example because an XML schema is not defined for each serviceId.
For non-standard services specified by UPnP vendors, the serviceId must contain the following components in the indicated order:
-
urn: -
ICANN domain name owned by the vendor
-
:serviceId: -
service ID suffix
Example: urn:domain-name:serviceId:serviceID.
This method must continue to return the service id after the UPnP service has been removed from the network.
The service ID suffix defined by a UPnP Forum working committee or specified by a UPnP vendor. Must be <= 64 characters. Single URI.
Name of the State Variable
Gets a UPnPStateVariable objects provided by this service by name
State variable or null if no such state variable exists
for this service.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP service has been removed from
the network.
Lists all UPnPStateVariable objects provided by this service.
Array of state variables or null if none are defined for
this service.
IllegalStateException– if the UPnP service has been removed from
the network.
Returns the serviceType field in the UPnP service description.
For standard services defined by a UPnP Forum working committee, the serviceType must contain the following components in the indicated order:
-
urn:schemas-upnp-org:service: -
service type suffix:
-
integer service version
Example: urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:serviceType:v.
For non-standard services specified by UPnP vendors, the
serviceType must contain the following components in the
indicated order:
-
urn: -
ICANN domain name owned by the vendor
-
:service: -
service type suffix:
-
integer service version
Example: urn:domain-name:service:serviceType:v.
This method must continue to return the service type after the UPnP service has been removed from the network.
The service type suffix defined by a UPnP Forum working committee or specified by a UPnP vendor. Must be <= 64 characters, not including the version suffix and separating colon. Single URI.
Returns the version suffix encoded in the serviceType field in
the UPnP service description.
This method must continue to return the service version after the UPnP service has been removed from the network.
The integer service version defined by a UPnP Forum working committee or specified by a UPnP vendor.
The meta-information of a UPnP state variable as declared in the device's service state table (SST).
Method calls to interact with a device (e.g. UPnPAction.invoke(...);)
use this class to encapsulate meta information about the input and output
arguments.
The actual values of the arguments are passed as Java objects. The mapping of types from UPnP data types to Java data types is described with the field definitions.
MIME-style Base64 encoded binary BLOB.
Takes 3 Bytes, splits them into 4 parts, and maps each 6 bit piece to an octet. (3 octets are encoded as 4.) No limit on size.
Mapped to byte[] object. The Java byte array will hold the
decoded content of the BLOB.
Hexadecimal digits representing octets.
Treats each nibble as a hex digit and encodes as a separate Byte. (1 octet is encoded as 2.) No limit on size.
Mapped to byte[] object. The Java byte array will hold the
decoded content of the BLOB.
True or false.
Mapped to Boolean object.
Unicode string.
One character long.
Mapped to Character object.
A calendar date.
Date in a subset of ISO 8601 format without time data.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/ xmlschema-2/#date .
Mapped to java.util.Date object. Always 00:00 hours.
A specific instant of time.
Date in ISO 8601 format with optional time but no time zone.
See http://www.w3.org /TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime .
Mapped to java.util.Date object using default time zone.
A specific instant of time.
Date in ISO 8601 format with optional time and optional time zone.
See http://www.w3.org /TR/xmlschema-2/#dateTime .
Mapped to java.util.Date object adjusted to default time zone.
Same as r8 but no more than 14 digits to the left of the decimal point and no more than 4 to the right.
Mapped to Double object.
Floating-point number.
Mantissa (left of the decimal) and/or exponent may have a leading sign. Mantissa and/or exponent may have leading zeros. Decimal character in mantissa is a period, i.e., whole digits in mantissa separated from fractional digits by period. Mantissa separated from exponent by E. (No currency symbol.) (No grouping of digits in the mantissa, e.g., no commas.)
Mapped to Float object.
4 Byte int.
Must be between -2147483648 and 2147483647
Mapped to Integer object.
4 Byte float.
Same format as float. Must be between 3.40282347E+38 to 1.17549435E-38.
Mapped to Float object.
8 Byte float.
Same format as float. Must be between -1.79769313486232E308 and -4.94065645841247E-324 for negative values, and between 4.94065645841247E-324 and 1.79769313486232E308 for positive values, i.e., IEEE 64-bit (8-Byte) double.
Mapped to Double object.
Unicode string.
No limit on length.
Mapped to String object.
An instant of time that recurs every day.
Time in a subset of ISO 8601 format with no date and no time zone.
See http://www.w3.org /TR/xmlschema-2/#time .
Mapped to Long. Converted to milliseconds since midnight.
An instant of time that recurs every day.
Time in a subset of ISO 8601 format with optional time zone but no date.
See http://www.w3.org /TR/xmlschema-2/#time .
Mapped to Long object. Converted to milliseconds since midnight
and adjusted to default time zone, wrapping at 0 and 24*60*60*1000.
Unsigned 1 Byte int.
Mapped to an Integer object.
Unsigned 2 Byte int.
Mapped to Integer object.
Universal Resource Identifier.
Mapped to String object.
Universally Unique ID.
Hexadecimal digits representing octets. Optional embedded hyphens are ignored.
Mapped to String object.
Returns the allowed values, if defined. Allowed values can be defined only for String types.
This method must continue to return the state variable allowed values after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The allowed values or null if not defined. Should be less
than 32 characters.
Returns the default value, if defined.
This method must continue to return the state variable default value after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The default value or null if not defined. The type of the
returned object can be determined by getJavaDataType.
Returns the Java class associated with the UPnP data type of this state variable.
Mapping between the UPnP data types and Java classes is performed according to the schema mentioned above.
Integer ui1, ui2, i1, i2, i4, int
Long ui4, time, time.tz
Float r4, float
Double r8, number, fixed.14.4
Character char
String string, uri, uuid
Date date, dateTime, dateTime.tz
Boolean boolean
byte[] bin.base64, bin.hexThis method must continue to return the state variable java type after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
A class object corresponding to the Java type of this argument.
Returns the maximum value, if defined. Maximum values can only be defined for numeric types.
This method must continue to return the state variable maximum value after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The maximum value or null if not defined.
Returns the minimum value, if defined. Minimum values can only be defined for numeric types.
This method must continue to return the state variable minimum value after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The minimum value or null if not defined.
Returns the variable name.
-
All standard variables defined by a UPnP Forum working committee must not begin with
X_norA_. -
All non-standard variables specified by a UPnP vendor and added to a standard service must begin with
X_.
This method must continue to return the state variable name after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
Name of state variable. Must not contain a hyphen character nor a hash character. Should be < 32 characters.
Returns the size of an increment operation, if defined. Step sizes can be defined only for numeric types.
This method must continue to return the step size after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The increment size or null if not defined.
Returns the UPnP type of this state variable. Valid types are defined as constants.
This method must continue to return the state variable UPnP data type after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
The UPnP data type of this state variable, as defined in above constants.
Tells if this StateVariable can be used as an event source. If the StateVariable is eventable, an event listener service can be registered to be notified when changes to the variable appear.
This method must continue to return the correct value after the UPnP state variable has been removed from the network.
true if the StateVariable generates events,
false otherwise.
[1]UPnP Forumhttp://www.upnp.org
[2]XML Schemahttp://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2
[3]ISO 8601 Date And Time formatshttp://www.iso.ch