Connectivity Software User's Guide and Reference
PublishPayload Method (EasySparkplugHostApplication)



OpcLabs.EasySparkplug Assembly > OpcLabs.EasySparkplug.System Namespace > EasySparkplugHostApplication Class : PublishPayload Method
The Sparkplug payload publication arguments.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Publishes the specified payload to the Sparkplug system.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Function PublishPayload( _
   ByVal payloadPublicationArguments As SparkplugPayloadPublicationArguments _
) As Exception
'Usage
 
Dim instance As EasySparkplugHostApplication
Dim payloadPublicationArguments As SparkplugPayloadPublicationArguments
Dim value As Exception
 
value = instance.PublishPayload(payloadPublicationArguments)

Parameters

payloadPublicationArguments
The Sparkplug payload publication arguments.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

If the publishing has succeeded, this method returns null. If the publishing has failed, this method returns an exception object describing the failure.

This method can return null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Exceptions
ExceptionDescription

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Remarks

 

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Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

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