'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Overloads Shared Function BrowseTree( _
   ByVal client As IEasyUAClient, _
   ByVal endpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor, _
   ByVal nodeDescriptor As UANodeDescriptor, _
   ByVal browseParameters As UABrowseParameters, _
   ByVal nodeElementPredicate As Predicate(Of UANodeElement) _
) As ITreeTraversable(Of UANodeTreePosition)

'Usage
 
Dim client As IEasyUAClient
Dim endpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor
Dim nodeDescriptor As UANodeDescriptor
Dim browseParameters As UABrowseParameters
Dim nodeElementPredicate As Predicate(Of UANodeElement)
Dim value As ITreeTraversable(Of UANodeTreePosition)
 
value = IEasyUAClientExtension2.BrowseTree(client, endpointDescriptor, nodeDescriptor, browseParameters, nodeElementPredicate)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public static ITreeTraversable<UANodeTreePosition> BrowseTree( 
   IEasyUAClient client,
   UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor,
   UANodeDescriptor nodeDescriptor,
   UABrowseParameters browseParameters,
   Predicate<UANodeElement> nodeElementPredicate
)

[Extension()]
[NotNull()]
public:
static ITreeTraversable<UANodeTreePosition^>^ BrowseTree( 
   IEasyUAClient^ client,
   UAEndpointDescriptor^ endpointDescriptor,
   UANodeDescriptor^ nodeDescriptor,
   UABrowseParameters^ browseParameters,
   Predicate<UANodeElement^>^ nodeElementPredicate
) 

Parameters

client

The client object that will perform the operation.

This is typically the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient object.

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

endpointDescriptor

Endpoint descriptor. Identifies the OPC-UA server.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor has implicit conversions from System.String and System.Uri, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the endpoint URL, or a so-called OPC UA endpoint descriptor string), or a System.Uri object, in place of this parameter, and the corresponding endpoint descriptor will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor.FromString or OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor.FromUri static method instead.

Also, because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UAApplicationElement and OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UADiscoveryElement have an implicit conversion to OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UAApplicationElement or OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UADiscoveryElement (results from OPC UA discovery) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding endpoint descriptor will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can convert a (non-null) OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UAApplicationElement or OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Discovery.UADiscoveryElement to OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UAEndpointDescriptor using the ToUAEndpointDescriptor or ToUAEndpointDescriptor method instead.

If you are using OPC Wizard (for server development), an implicit conversion from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAServerCore can be used in the same way to simply pass the server object in place of this parameter, which will use its OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAServerCore.EffectiveServerDescriptor property for the connection.

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

nodeDescriptor

Starting node descriptor. Identifies the node in OPC server's address space.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor has implicit conversions from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeElement, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UABrowsePath and System.String, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeId object (representing the Id of the OPC UA node), a node element object (from OPC UA browsing), OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UABrowsePath object (representing OPC UA absolute browse path), or a string (with expanded node Id text) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding node descriptor will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor.FromString, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor.FromUABrowsePath, OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor.FromUANodeElement or OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor.FromUANodeId static method instead.

If you are using OPC Wizard (for server development), an implicit conversion from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.NodeSpace.UAServerNode can be used in the same way to simply pass the server node in place of this parameter, which will use its OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.NodeSpace.UAServerNode.EffectiveNodeDescriptor property for the operation.

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

browseParameters

Browse parameters such as node classes and reference types to be returned.

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

nodeElementPredicate

The predicate specifying which nodes will be allowed into the traversal.

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

Return Value

If you want to enumerate through a sequence of the tree nodes, convert the result to a sequence using the OpcLabs.BaseLib.Graphs.Extensions.ITreeTraversableExtension.ToEnumerable<T> method.

The method automatically prevents recursion into nodes that have already been traversed.

The root position in a tree will correspond to the specified starting node. The OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Graphs.UANodeTreePosition object for the root is special one, in that from its OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UANodeElement properties, only its NodeId is filled in.

You can obtain nodeDescriptor e.g. by calling one of the browsing methods on OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClientCore object.

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