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<h2 id="feature">Feature</h2>
<p>A Feature is used to manage all data and functionality of a Thing that can be clustered in an outlined technical
context.</p>
<p>For different contexts or aspects of a Thing different Features can be used which are all belonging to the same Thing
and do not exist without this Thing.</p>
<h3 id="feature-id">Feature ID</h3>
<p>Within a Thing each Feature is identified by a unique string - the so called Feature ID.
A Feature ID often needs to be set in the path of a HTTP request. Due to this fact we strongly recommend to use a
restricted set of characters (e.g. those for
<a href="https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI)</a>).</p>
<h3 id="feature-properties">Feature properties</h3>
<p>The <strong>data</strong> related to Features is managed in form of a <strong>list of properties</strong>. These properties can be categorized,
e.g. to manage the status, the configuration or any fault information.
Feature properties are represented as one JSON object.</p>
<p>Each property itself can be either a simple/scalar value or a complex object; allowed is any JSON value.</p>
<h3 id="feature-desired-properties">Feature desired properties</h3>
<p>Desired properties represent the desired state of the properties. They are a tool to represent the desired target state of the properties. The <strong>desiredProperties</strong> related to Features are managed in form of a <strong>list of properties</strong>. These desired properties can be categorized,
e.g. to manage the status, the configuration or any fault information.
Feature desired properties are represented as one JSON object.</p>
<p>Each desired property itself can be either a simple/scalar value or a complex object; allowed is any JSON value.</p>
<p>Please note however, that besides persisting the desired properties, and indexing the fields for search requests, filtering etc. for the time being, Ditto does not implement their further processing. Such functionality will come with future releases.</p>
<h3 id="feature-definition">Feature definition</h3>
<p>Ditto supports specifying a definition for a feature in order to document how a feature’s state is structured
(in <a href="#feature-properties">properties</a>), and which behavior/capabilities
(<a href="basic-messages.html">messages related to features</a>) can be expected from such a feature.<br /></p>
<p>A feature’s definition is a list of definition identifiers containing a <em>namespace</em>, <em>name</em> and <em>version</em> separated
by colons: <code class="highlighter-rouge">namespace:name:version</code>. Thus the <em>definition</em> element can hold even multiple identifiers.</p>
<p>A Definition can be seen as some kind of type for features. The <a href="#feature-properties">properties</a> of a
feature containing a definition identifier <code class="highlighter-rouge">"org.eclipse.ditto:lamp:1.0.0"</code> can be expected to follow the structure
described in the <code class="highlighter-rouge">lamp</code> type of namespace <code class="highlighter-rouge">org.eclipse.ditto</code> semantically versioned with version <code class="highlighter-rouge">1.0.0</code>.</p>
<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert"><i class="fa fa-info-circle"></i> <b>Note:</b> Ditto does not contain a type system on its own and does not specify how to describe types.
Tooling for editing such structures and type descriptors is provided by <a href="#the-link-to-eclipse-vorto">Eclipse Vorto</a>.</div>
<p>Ditto aims to support contract-based development - by using feature definitions - to ensure validity and
integrity of <strong>digital twins</strong>.</p>
<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i> <b>Warning:</b> Currently Ditto <strong>does not</strong> ensure that the <code class="highlighter-rouge">properties</code> or
<code class="highlighter-rouge">desiredProperties</code> of a feature or its supported
messages follow the type defined in the definition.</div>
<h2 id="example">Example</h2>
<p>The following snippet shows a Feature with the ID “arbitrary-feature” and a definition with the sole identifier
“org.eclipse.ditto:complex-type:1.0.0”:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"arbitrary-feature"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"definition"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"org.eclipse.ditto:complex-type:1.0.0"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"properties"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"status"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connected"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"complexProperty"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"street"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"my street"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"house no"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">42</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"desiredProperties"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"status"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"connected"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<h2 id="model-specification">Model specification</h2>
<p>The feature model differs for API version 1 and 2:</p>
<h3 id="v1">V1</h3>
<script src="docson/widget.js" data-schema="../jsonschema/feature.json"></script>
<h3 id="v2">V2</h3>
<script src="docson/widget.js" data-schema="../jsonschema/feature_v2.json"></script>
<h2 id="the-link-to-eclipse-vorto">The link to Eclipse Vorto</h2>
<blockquote>
<p>Vorto is an open source tool that allows to create and manage technology agnostic, abstract device descriptions, so
called information models. Information models describe the attributes and the capabilities of real world devices.
Source: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/vorto/">http://www.eclipse.org/vorto/</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Ditto’s feature definition may be mapped to the Vorto type system which is defined by so called “information models” and
“function blocks”:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Information models represent the capabilities of a particular type of device entirely.
An information model contains one or more function blocks.</p>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<p>A function block provides an abstract view on a device to applications that want to employ the devices’ functionality.
Thus, it is a consistent, self-contained set of (potentially re-usable) properties and capabilities.</p>
</blockquote>
<figure><img class="docimage" src="images/pages/basic/ditto-thing-feature-definition-model.png" alt="Feature Definition Model" style="max-width: 250px" /><figcaption>One Thing can have many features. A feature may conform to a definition</figcaption></figure>
<h3 id="mapping-vorto-function-block-elements">Mapping Vorto function block elements</h3>
<p>A Vorto function block consists of different sections defining state and capabilities
(see also <a href="https://www.eclipse.org/vorto/">Eclipse Vorto’s documentation</a>) of a device
(in our case of a feature):</p>
<ul>
<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration</code>: Contains one or many configuration properties for the function block.</li>
<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">status</code>: Contains one or many status properties for the function block.</li>
<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">fault</code>: Contains one or many fault properties for the function block.</li>
<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">operations</code>: Contains one or many operations for the function block.</li>
<li><code class="highlighter-rouge">events</code>: Contains one or many events for the function block.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="function-block-state">Function block state</h4>
<p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration</code>, <code class="highlighter-rouge">status</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">fault</code> sections of a function block define the state of a feature in Ditto.</p>
<p>They are mapped to a corresponding JSON object inside the feature <a href="#feature-properties">properties</a> which gets us
following JSON structure of a Ditto feature:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"feature-id"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"definition"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"namespace:name:version"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"properties"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"configuration"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"status"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"fault"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<p>The structure below <code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration, status, fault</code> is defined by the custom types of the Vorto function block. As these
can be simple types as well as complex types, the JSON structure follows the structure of the types.</p>
<h4 id="function-block-capabilities">Function block capabilities</h4>
<p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">operations</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">events</code> sections of a function block define the capabilities or behavior of a Ditto feature.</p>
<p>Both are mapped to feature <a href="basic-messages.html">messages</a> sent “to” or “from” a feature.</p>
<ul>
<li>A message sent <strong>to</strong> a feature is mapped to an <code class="highlighter-rouge">operation</code>.</li>
<li>A messages sent <strong>from</strong> a feature is mapped to an <code class="highlighter-rouge">event</code>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="vorto-example">Vorto example</h3>
<div class="alert alert-danger" role="alert"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-circle"></i> <b>Warning:</b> Ditto has not yet included Eclipse Vorto in order to enforce types - the following
section can be seen as an <strong>outlook</strong> how Ditto would map Vorto concepts to features.</div>
<p>Here an example for a Vorto Function Block (in Vorto’s custom DSL) with the name <code class="highlighter-rouge">Lamp</code>.
For the sake of giving an example for events this lamp has some additional capabilities like detecting movement and
smoke .</p>
<div class="highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code> namespace com.mycompany.fb
version 1.0.0
displayname "Lamp"
category demo
using com.mycompany.fb.Lamp ; 1.0.0
using com.mycompany.fb.Color ; 1.2.0
functionblock Lamp {
configuration {
mandatory on as boolean "this defines whether the lamp should be on or off"
location as Location "the location of the lamp"
}
status {
mandatory on as boolean "the reported on/off state"
color as Color "the reported color of the lamp"
}
events {
smokeDetected {
intensity as float &lt;MIN 0.0, MAX 10.0&gt; "the intensity of the detected smoke"
mandatory critical as boolean "whether it is critical or not"
}
movementAlarm {}
}
operations{
blink(interval as int, duration as int) returns boolean "lets the Lamp blink in the interval for duration"
stopBlinking() returns boolean "stops blinking lets the Lamp"
changeColor(newColor as Color) "changes the color of the Lamp"
}
}
</code></pre></div></div>
<p>The Vorto function block contains all information required for a feature’s definition identifier in Ditto:</p>
<ul>
<li>namespace: <code class="highlighter-rouge">com.mycompany.fb</code></li>
<li>name: <code class="highlighter-rouge">Lamp</code></li>
<li>version: <code class="highlighter-rouge">1.0.0</code></li>
</ul>
<p>A feature containing a definition pointing to such a Vorto function block would look like this:</p>
<div class="language-json highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"lamp"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"definition"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">[</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"com.mycompany.fb:Lamp:1.0.0"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">],</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"properties"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"configuration"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"on"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">true</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"location"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"longitude"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">34.052235</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"latitude"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mf">-118.243683</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">},</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"status"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"on"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="kc">false</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"color"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">{</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"red"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">128</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"green"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">255</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="s2">"blue"</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="mi">0</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="w">
</span></code></pre></div></div>
<p>The capabilities or behavior of this “lamp” feature would be defined as <a href="basic-messages.html">messages</a>:</p>
<ul>
<li>Message with subject <code class="highlighter-rouge">smokeDetected</code> which is sent <code class="highlighter-rouge">FROM</code> a feature containing a JSON payload with an
<code class="highlighter-rouge">intensity</code> and whether the detected smoke has reached a <code class="highlighter-rouge">critical</code> mass or not.</li>
<li>Message with subject <code class="highlighter-rouge">movementAlarm</code> which is sent <code class="highlighter-rouge">FROM</code> a feature with no payload.</li>
<li>Message with subject <code class="highlighter-rouge">blink</code> which is sent <code class="highlighter-rouge">TO</code> a feature containing a JSON payload of an <code class="highlighter-rouge">interval</code>
(as JSON number) and a duration (also as JSON number) returning a JSON boolean.</li>
<li>Message with subject <code class="highlighter-rouge">stopBlinking</code> which is sent <code class="highlighter-rouge">TO</code> a feature with no payload returning a JSON boolean.</li>
<li>Message with subject <code class="highlighter-rouge">changeColor</code> which is sent <code class="highlighter-rouge">TO</code> a feature containing a JSON payload which follows the type
<code class="highlighter-rouge">Color</code> defined in another Vorto function block.</li>
</ul>
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