Major code refactoring

[jsetton]

Fixes: #390, Fixes: #391

Changes

• introduced new item configuration syntax using device metadata concept
• added new device capabilities for camera, door/window covering, fan, networking and vacuum
• improved security arm state error handling
• added input custom mappings support
• added playback stop and thermostat hold/fan capabilities support
• added new custom asset ids and semantic extensions
• added switch support to mode generic capability
• improved dimmer/rollershutter support for range value generic capability
• updated test suite increasing code coverage
• added support for ask-cli v2 using cloudformation deployer
• improved ci integration with automated production release deployment
• added github action to update repository locales on crowdin changes
• deprecated item sensor concept for decouple state support on specific capabilities
• removed item tag support for oh3.x
• removed alexa smarthome api v2 support

[jsetton]

As side notes, this change includes the support for the KeypadController interface but I wasn't able to get it working during my testing. I have a support ticket opened with the Alexa developer support team but I haven't got any response for couple weeks now.

Also, since I don't own an echo device with a display 😄 , I wasn't able to properly test the support for the CameraStreamController interface.

[digitaldan]

Since your last commit, i have not seen any issues, this is using a pretty extensive amount of devices and configurations. The "Blind" endpoint also work nicely. I have not yet spent time getting the camera endpoints up, our IPCamera binding uses a IP port per camera, which really complicates things. Otherwise this PR looks really really good!

[jsetton]

I have not yet spent time getting the camera endpoints up, our IPCamera binding uses a IP port per camera, which really complicates things.

That's the reason I mentioned about the complexity in the usage documentation. Using NGINX, you would configure a HLS stream as follow.

Different subdomains for each camera:

server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name cam1.myserver.com;

  ssl_certificate cam1.myserver.com.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key cam1.myserver.com.key;
  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;

  auth_basic Restricted;
  auth_basic_user_file htpasswd;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:54321;
  }
}

Different location for each camera under a single subdomain:

server {
  listen 443 ssl;
  server_name openhab.myserver.com;

  ssl_certificate openhab.myserver.com.crt;
  ssl_certificate_key openhab.myserver.com.key;
  ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;

  auth_basic Restricted;
  auth_basic_user_file htpasswd;

  location / {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
  }

  location /cam1/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:54321/;
  }

  location /cam2/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:54322/;
  }
}

Otherwise this PR looks really really good!

Thanks 😄 Are you good with the new syntax? If so, I will make an announcement on the community forum asking for some feedback and starting a beta test.

[digitaldan]

I think we are good for a beta test for sure !

Fyi, i just found an issue where one of my items was not discovered , it's using the existing syntax. I have not spent any time debugging why yet, i'll look this week when i have a sec. here's the item in case its clear to you:

String GDSDrivewayGateSwitch "Front Gate" {channel = "grandstreamgds:gds:c074ad335323:dooropen", alexa="ToggleController.toggleState" [category="DOOR", friendlyNames="@Setting.Opening", actionMappings="Close=CLOSE,Open=OPEN", stateMappings="Closed=CLOSED,Open=OPEN"]}

[jsetton]

Fyi, i just found an issue where one of my items was not discovered

ToggleController.toggleState doesn't support String item type. I am surprised it was getting discovered before. It should have been ModeController.mode instead. On a side note, what binding are you using on this item? I can't seem to find it on the openHAB addons website.