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Specific devices will have their own implementations of the methods defined in the Device class (such as ZigbeeDevice and its subclasses, LightDevice, ThermostatDevice, etc); however, they will all share the same API defined in the Device class.

The intent is that developers should the protocol-agnostic methods in the Device class for all their device interactions, and only use the protocol-specific methods in subclasses (such as ZigbeeDevice) if they require custom behaviours that haven't been specified or implemented in the Device class.

Sub-Classes

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