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runic prairie Dec 27, 2023, 9:28 PM

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How much entities do you have per integration?

vestal bloom Dec 27, 2023, 9:28 PM

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depends on the integration. The one I'm building right now has 3 (battery, tank level, take percentage). I have some that have 7-8

runic prairie Dec 27, 2023, 9:29 PM

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Right, let me get into bed and I'll explain

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Okay so sometimes you have a lot of sensors which have the same logic

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The only difference is maybe what value they get, unit of measurement, device class, name etc

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So a design pattern that started was extracting those differences into a data carry object

vestal bloom Dec 27, 2023, 9:35 PM

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I have a lot like that actually

runic prairie Dec 27, 2023, 9:36 PM

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And make the entity generic

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Checkout the Withings sensor platform for example

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It has a huge list

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But without a million separate classes

vestal bloom Dec 27, 2023, 9:37 PM

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will do. If it works the way I'm imagining it should let me remove a bunch of duplicate code, thanks!

runic prairie Dec 27, 2023, 9:38 PM

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If you want some feedback, feel free to ask in devs or slide in my dms

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