add open/close abstract methods, fixes #39

pyserial · Dec 9, 2015 · 5e763ca · 5e763ca
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diff --git a/serial/serialutil.py b/serial/serialutil.py
@@ -171,6 +171,16 @@ def __init__(self,
 
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+    def open(self):
+        """Opens the Port"""
+        raise NotImplementedError("This function must be implemented in the subclass")
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Closes the Port"""
+        raise NotImplementedError("This function must be implemented in the subclass")
+
+    #  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -
+
     @property
     def port(self):
         """\