Self-describing device module and system and computer-readable medium for the production thereof

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for execution by a processing system that cause the processing system to:

• receive a custom command for a module;
• generate, by an integrated development environment station, a custom component corresponding to the custom command;
• generate a capabilities component from a definition of an application programming interface and the custom component;
• generate a custom device component class corresponding to the custom component;
• generate, by the integrated development environment station, a capabilities class;
• and
• query, by the capabilities class, the device component class and the custom device component class for a respective capabilities object.

A system, comprising:

• a memory configured to store instructions for an integrated development environment;
• and
• a processor configured to execute the instructions for the integrated development environment, wherein, when executed, the instructions cause the processor to:
• receive a custom command for a module;
• generate a custom component that corresponds to the custom command;
• generate a capabilities component from the custom component and a definition of an application programming interface for at least one software development kit component to be included in the module;
• generate a software development kit component class that corresponds to the selected software development kit component;
• generate a device component class that corresponds to the software development kit component class from the definition of the application programming interface;
• and
• generate a custom device component class that corresponds to the custom component;
• wherein the device component class and the custom device component class are queried by a capabilities class for a respective capabilities object.