How to find out if binding stopped working?

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It is basically the StringBuilder code above coupled with Design Pattern: Human Readable Names in Messages.

In fact the code in that DP is what I am referring to if you want a full example.

The digest is independent of how the message is delivered. I use Design Pattern: Separation of Behaviors for alerting and use a different service depending on the severity of the alerts (e.g. alerts go to all users, info only comes to me) and time of day (even alerts only come to me at night). So you can deliver it using any push notification or delivery you want.

I’m currently experimenting with a Google AIY Voice as be I’m going to implement a command where I can ask “Hey Google, what’s up” and I’ll get a report on the state of the home automation. For that I haven’t decided on an approach yet. I see two potential approaches:

  1. Send an MQTT message to generate the report and get the report back via MQTT.

  2. Maintain a String item with the report that is always kept up to date and use the REST api to pull it down.

I’m not sure what approach I want to take.

:blush:

I like solutions that are decoupled and flexible. My goal with the design patterns are to promote that sort of thinking.

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