value info is no longer needed

APED/app/src/main/java/com/example/aped/utils/XMLHandler.java

@@ -70,52 +70,6 @@ public class XMLHandler implements IXML {
         return returnList;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * reads the value info from the XML file.
-     * @param deviceName the name of the relevant device
-     * @return the value info as a dictionary {'unit','type','Offset','Factor'}
-     */
-    @Override
-    public Dictionary<String, Object> getValueInfo(final String deviceName) {
-        Dictionary<String, Object> returnDictionary = new Hashtable<>();
-        XPathFactory xPathFactory = XPathFactory.newInstance();
-        XPath xPath = xPathFactory.newXPath();
-        try {
-            XPathExpression xPathExpression = xPath.compile(
-                    "//Device[@name='" + deviceName + "']/ValueInfo");
-            Element result = (Element) xPathExpression.evaluate(
-                    root, XPathConstants.NODE);
-            returnDictionary.put("type", result.getAttribute("type"));
-            returnDictionary.put("unit", result.getAttribute("unit"));
-            NodeList childNodes = result.getChildNodes();
-            float offset = 0.0f;
-            float factor = 1.0f;
-            for (int i = 0; i < childNodes.getLength(); i++) {
-                switch (childNodes.item(i).getNodeName()) {
-                    case "Offset":
-                        offset = Float.parseFloat(childNodes.item(i)
-                                .getTextContent());
-                        break;
-                    case "Factor":
-                        factor = Float.parseFloat(childNodes.item(i)
-                                .getTextContent());
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        break;
-                }
-            }
-            returnDictionary.put("offset", offset);
-            returnDictionary.put("factor", factor);
-        } catch (XPathExpressionException e) {
-            Log.e(
-                    "XMLHandler",
-                    "the XPath for getting the value info has errors:"
-                            + e.getMessage()
-            );
-        }
-        return returnDictionary;
-    }
-
     /**
      * reads the port information from the XML file.
      * @param deviceName the name of the relevant device

APED/app/src/test/java/com/example/aped/XMLHandlerUnitTest.java

@@ -43,30 +43,6 @@ public class XMLHandlerUnitTest {
         }
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void TestInput_SimpleValueInfo(){
-        try{
-            XMLHandler xmlHandler = new XMLHandler(xmlFile);
-            Dictionary<String, Object> valueInfo = xmlHandler.getValueInfo("example");
-            assertEquals("{factor=1.0, type=boolean, unit=, offset=0.0}",valueInfo.toString());
-        }catch(IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException e){
-            System.out.println("XMLHandler failed");
-            assert(false);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void TestInput_ComplexValueInfo(){
-        try{
-            XMLHandler xmlHandler = new XMLHandler(xmlFile);
-            Dictionary<String, Object> valueInfo = xmlHandler.getValueInfo("sensorarray");
-            assertEquals("{factor=2.5, type=int, unit=°C, offset=1.2}",valueInfo.toString());
-        }catch(IOException | ParserConfigurationException | SAXException e){
-            System.out.println("XMLHandler failed");
-            assert(false);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void TestInput_SimplePort(){
         try{