// This example shows how to publish a command with single metric for a given edge node, including timestamp.
//
// In order to publish or observe messages for this example, start the SparkplugEdgeNodeConsoleDemo program first.
//
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using System;
using OpcLabs.EasySparkplug;
using OpcLabs.EasySparkplug.OperationModel;

namespace SparkplugDocExamples.Consumer._EasySparkplugConsumer
{
    partial class PublishEdgeNodeMetric
    {
        public static void Timestamp()
        {
            // Note that the default port for the "mqtt" scheme is 1883.
            var hostDescriptor = new SparkplugHostDescriptor("mqtt://localhost");

            // Instantiate the consumer object.
            var consumer = new EasySparkplugConsumer();

            Console.WriteLine("Publishing...");
            try
            {
                // Create the command metric data: value and timestamp.
                var metricData = new SparkplugMetricData(42, DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-10));
                
                consumer.PublishEdgeNodeMetric(hostDescriptor, 
                    "easyGroup", "easySparkplugDemo", "Simple",
                    metricData);
            }
            catch (SparkplugException sparkplugException)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"*** Failure: {sparkplugException.GetBaseException().Message}");
                return;
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Finished.");
        }
    }
}