OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
NodeDescriptor Property (_UAReadArguments)



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.ComTypes Namespace > _UAReadArguments Interface : NodeDescriptor Property
A descriptor of a node in a server's address space.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<NotNullAttribute()>
Property NodeDescriptor As UANodeDescriptor
'Usage
 
Dim instance As _UAReadArguments
Dim value As UANodeDescriptor
 
instance.NodeDescriptor = value
 
value = instance.NodeDescriptor
[NotNull()]
UANodeDescriptor NodeDescriptor {get; set;}
[NotNull()]
property UANodeDescriptor^ NodeDescriptor {
   UANodeDescriptor^ get();
   void set (    UANodeDescriptor^ value);
}

Property Value

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

Because there are implicit conversions to OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UANamedNodeDescriptor and OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UANamedNodePath from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use the returned OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor in any place where OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UANamedNodeDescriptor is expected (in this case the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor contains the final node descriptor) or where OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Navigation.UANamedNodePath is expected (in this case the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor contains the base and only node in the named node path), and the corresponding OPC UA named node descriptor or named node path will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the FromUANodeDescriptor or FromUANodeDescriptor static method instead.

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

The getter method of this property is pure, i.e. it does not have observable side effects.

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 OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.UANodeDescriptor value when setting this property, 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.

This member or type is for use from COM. It is not meant to be used from .NET or Python. Refer to the corresponding .NET member or type instead, if you are developing in .NET or Python.

Requirements

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

See Also