A saref:Service is a digital representation of a function in a network, making it discoverable, registerable and remotely controllable in the network.

A service is a representation of a function to a network that makes the function discoverable, registerable, remotely controllable by other devices in the network. A service can represent one or more functions. A Service is offered by a device that wants (a certain set of) its function(s) to be discoverable, registerable, remotely controllable by other devices in the network. A Service must specify the device that is offering the service, the function(s) to be represented, and the (input and output) parameters necessary to operate the service.

Service

For example, a light switch can offer the service of remotely switching the lights in a home through mobile phone devices that are connected to the local network (ex:SwitchOnService class). This "remote switching" service represents the ex:OnOffFunction.

V3.2.1: Simplified definition of saref:Service. Added examples.

Typically, a device connected to a given network offers one service for each of its functions of interest.

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