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IShellEnabledDevice

public interface IShellEnabledDevice

com.android.ddmlib.IShellEnabledDevice

Known indirect subclasses

AdbShimDevice, DeviceImpl, DeviceManager.FastbootDevice, IDevice, NullDevice, RemoteAvdIDevice, StubDevice, StubLocalAndroidVirtualDevice, VmRemoteDevice

AdbShimDevice	AdbShimDevice placeholder implementation of a `IDevice`.
DeviceImpl	A Device.
DeviceManager.FastbootDevice	Representation of a device in Fastboot mode.
IDevice	A Device.
NullDevice	A placeholder `IDevice` used by `DeviceManager` to allocate when `IDeviceSelection.nullDeviceRequested()` is `true`
RemoteAvdIDevice	A placeholder `IDevice` used by `DeviceManager` to allocate when `DeviceSelectionOptions.gceDeviceRequested()` is `true`
StubDevice	Stub placeholder implementation of a `IDevice`.
StubLocalAndroidVirtualDevice	A placeholder `IDevice` used by `DeviceManager` to allocate when `DeviceSelectionOptions.localVirtualDeviceRequested()` is `true`
VmRemoteDevice	A Remote virtual device that we will manage from inside the Virtual Machine.

An abstract device that can receive shell commands.

Summary

Public methods
`abstract void`	`executeShellCommand(String command, IShellOutputReceiver receiver, long maxTimeout, long maxTimeToOutputResponse, TimeUnit maxTimeUnits)` Executes a shell command on the device, and sends the result to a `receiver`.
`abstract void`	`executeShellCommand(String command, IShellOutputReceiver receiver, long maxTimeToOutputResponse, TimeUnit maxTimeUnits)` Executes a shell command on the device, and sends the result to a `receiver`.
`abstract String`	`getName()` Returns a (humanized) name for this device.
`abstract ListenableFuture<String>`	`getSystemProperty(String name)` Do a potential asynchronous query for a system property.

Public methods

executeShellCommand

public abstract void executeShellCommand (String command, 
                IShellOutputReceiver receiver, 
                long maxTimeout, 
                long maxTimeToOutputResponse, 
                TimeUnit maxTimeUnits)

Executes a shell command on the device, and sends the result to a receiver.

maxTimeToOutputResponse is used as a maximum waiting time when expecting the command output from the device.
At any time, if the shell command does not output anything for a period longer than maxTimeToOutputResponse, then the method will throw ShellCommandUnresponsiveException.

For commands like log output, a maxTimeToOutputResponse value of 0, meaning that the method will never throw and will block until the receiver's IShellOutputReceiver.isCancelled() returns true, should be used.

Parameters
`command`	`String`: the shell command to execute
`receiver`	`IShellOutputReceiver`: the `IShellOutputReceiver` that will receives the output of the shell command
`maxTimeout`	`long`: the maximum timeout for the command to return. A value of 0 means no max timeout will be applied.
`maxTimeToOutputResponse`	`long`: the maximum amount of time during which the command is allowed to not output any response. A value of 0 means the method will wait forever (until the `receiver` cancels the execution) for command output and never throw.
`maxTimeUnits`	`TimeUnit`: Units for non-zero `maxTimeout` and `maxTimeToOutputResponse` values.

Throws
`AdbCommandRejectedException`	if adb rejects the command.
`ShellCommandUnresponsiveException`	in case the shell command doesn't send any output for a period longer than `maxTimeToOutputResponse`.
`TimeoutException`	in case of timeout on the connection when sending the command.
`IOException`	in case of I/O error on the connection.

See also:

DdmPreferences.getTimeOut()

executeShellCommand

public abstract void executeShellCommand (String command, 
                IShellOutputReceiver receiver, 
                long maxTimeToOutputResponse, 
                TimeUnit maxTimeUnits)

Executes a shell command on the device, and sends the result to a receiver.

Parameters
`command`	`String`: the shell command to execute
`receiver`	`IShellOutputReceiver`: the `IShellOutputReceiver` that will receives the output of the shell command
`maxTimeToOutputResponse`	`long`: the maximum amount of time during which the command is allowed to not output any response. A value of 0 means the method will wait forever (until the `receiver` cancels the execution) for command output and never throw.
`maxTimeUnits`	`TimeUnit`: Units for non-zero `maxTimeToOutputResponse` values.

Throws
`AdbCommandRejectedException`	if adb rejects the command.
`ShellCommandUnresponsiveException`	in case the shell command doesn't send any output for a period longer than `maxTimeToOutputResponse`.
`TimeoutException`	in case of timeout on the connection when sending the command.
`IOException`	in case of I/O error on the connection.

See also:

DdmPreferences.getTimeOut()

getName

public abstract String getName ()

Returns a (humanized) name for this device. Typically this is the AVD name for AVD's, and a combination of the manufacturer name, model name & serial number for devices.

Returns
`String`

getSystemProperty

public abstract ListenableFuture<String> getSystemProperty (String name)

Do a potential asynchronous query for a system property.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: the name of the value to return.

Returns
`ListenableFuture<String>`	a `ListenableFuture.` `get` may return null.