'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function BrowseBranches( _
   ByVal client As IEasyDAClient, _
   ByVal serverDescriptor As ServerDescriptor, _
   ByVal parentNodeDescriptor As DANodeDescriptor, _
   ByVal elementNameFilter As String _
) As DANodeElementCollection

'Usage
 
Dim client As IEasyDAClient
Dim serverDescriptor As ServerDescriptor
Dim parentNodeDescriptor As DANodeDescriptor
Dim elementNameFilter As String
Dim value As DANodeElementCollection
 
value = IEasyDAClientExtension.BrowseBranches(client, serverDescriptor, parentNodeDescriptor, elementNameFilter)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public static DANodeElementCollection BrowseBranches( 
   IEasyDAClient client,
   ServerDescriptor serverDescriptor,
   DANodeDescriptor parentNodeDescriptor,
   string elementNameFilter
)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public:
static DANodeElementCollection^ BrowseBranches( 
   IEasyDAClient^ client,
   ServerDescriptor^ serverDescriptor,
   DANodeDescriptor^ parentNodeDescriptor,
   String^ elementNameFilter
) 

Parameters

client

The client object that will perform the operation.

This is typically the EasyDAClient object.

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

serverDescriptor

The OPC server involved in the operation.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerDescriptor has an implicit conversion from System.Guid, System.String and OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerElement, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a GUID (representing the CLSID of the server), a string (representing the so-called OPC server descriptor string, such as a ProgID or the URL of the server), or a OpcLabs.EasyOpc.ServerElement object (result from OPC browsing), in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC server descriptor will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the FromGuid, FromString or FromServerElement static method instead.

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

parentNodeDescriptor

Descriptor for the parent branch to be browsed (can be the root).

Because the DANodeDescriptor has an implicit conversion from System.String and OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.AddressSpace.DANodeElement, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the qualified name of the node), or a OpcLabs.EasyOpc.DataAccess.AddressSpace.DANodeElement object (result from OPC browsing), in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC DA node descriptor will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the FromString or FromDANodeElement static method instead.

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

elementNameFilter

A wildcard string to filter the returned element names (empty string for no filtering)

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

Return Value

This is an extension method (info: C#, VB.NET). In languages that have support for extensions methods (such as C# and VB.NET), you can use the extension method as if it were a regular method on the object that is its first parameter. In other languages (such as with Python.NET), you will call the extension as a static method, and pass it the object on which it acts as its first parameter.

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