Removes essentials-framework as a submodule and brings the files back into the main repo

essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Factory/DeviceFactory.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Crestron.SimplSharp;
+using Crestron.SimplSharpPro;
+
+using PepperDash.Core;
+using PepperDash.Essentials.Core;
+using PepperDash.Essentials.Core.Config;
+
+namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
+{
+    public class DeviceFactory
+    {
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A dictionary of factory methods, keyed by config types, added by plugins.
+		/// These methods are looked up and called by GetDevice in this class.
+		/// </summary>
+		static Dictionary<string, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed>> FactoryMethods =
+			new Dictionary<string, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed>>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Adds a plugin factory method
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="dc"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static void AddFactoryForType(string type, Func<DeviceConfig, IKeyed> method) 
+		{
+			Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Adding factory method for type '{0}'", type);
+			DeviceFactory.FactoryMethods.Add(type, method);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The factory method for Core "things". Also iterates the Factory methods that have
+		/// been loaded from plugins
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="dc"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+        public static IKeyed GetDevice(DeviceConfig dc)
+        {
+            var key = dc.Key;
+            var name = dc.Name;
+            var type = dc.Type;
+            var properties = dc.Properties;	
+
+            var typeName = dc.Type.ToLower();
+
+			// Check "core" types first
+            if (typeName == "genericcomm")
+            {
+                Debug.Console(1, "Factory Attempting to create new Generic Comm Device");
+                return new GenericComm(dc);
+            }
+
+			// then check for types that have been added by plugin dlls. 
+			if (FactoryMethods.ContainsKey(typeName))
+			{
+				Debug.Console(0, Debug.ErrorLogLevel.Notice, "Loading '{0}' from plugin", dc.Type);
+				return FactoryMethods[typeName](dc);
+			}
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}