OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
ResolveDataType Method (IEasyUAClientComplexDataExtension)
Example 



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData Namespace > IEasyUAClientComplexDataExtension Class : ResolveDataType Method
The OPC-UA client complex data interface.

This is typically obtained by calling System.IServiceProvider.GetService(System.Type) on the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.IEasyUAClient (EasyUAClient object) with the type of IEasyUAClientComplexData as an argument.

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

A data type ID.

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

The encoding name.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UAQualifiedName has an implicit conversion from System.String, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the expanded text of the qualified name) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC UA qualified name will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UAQualifiedName.UAQualifiedName Constructor(String) constructor instead.

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

Resolves a data type from a given data type ID and an encoding name.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<NotNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function ResolveDataType( _
   ByVal clientComplexData As IEasyUAClientComplexData, _
   ByVal dataTypeId As UAModelNodeDescriptor, _
   ByVal encodingName As UAQualifiedName _
) As ValueResult(Of DataType)
'Usage
 
Dim clientComplexData As IEasyUAClientComplexData
Dim dataTypeId As UAModelNodeDescriptor
Dim encodingName As UAQualifiedName
Dim value As ValueResult(Of DataType)
 
value = IEasyUAClientComplexDataExtension.ResolveDataType(clientComplexData, dataTypeId, encodingName)

Parameters

clientComplexData
The OPC-UA client complex data interface.

This is typically obtained by calling System.IServiceProvider.GetService(System.Type) on the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.IEasyUAClient (EasyUAClient object) with the type of IEasyUAClientComplexData as an argument.

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

dataTypeId
A data type ID.

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

encodingName
The encoding name.

Because the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UAQualifiedName has an implicit conversion from System.String, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the expanded text of the qualified name) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC UA qualified name will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UAQualifiedName.UAQualifiedName Constructor(String) constructor instead.

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

Return Value

A value result with the data type obtained.

This method never returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The standard browse names to be used with encodingName are:

You can obtain the client complex data interface (IEasyUAClientComplexData) by calling the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClientCore.GetService method on the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClientCore object, passing it the type of IEasyUAClientComplexData as the argument.

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.

Example
// Shows how to obtain object describing the data type of complex data node with OPC UA Complex Data plug-in.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in C# on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-CSharp .
// Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
// a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

using System;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.DataTypeModel;
using OpcLabs.BaseLib.OperationModel.Generic;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.InformationModel;
using OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData;

namespace UADocExamples.ComplexData._IEasyUAClientComplexData
{
    class ResolveDataType
    {
        public static void Main1()
        {
            // Define which server we will work with.
            UAEndpointDescriptor endpointDescriptor =
                "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer";
            // or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            // or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            // Instantiate the client object.
            var client = new EasyUAClient();

            // Obtain the data type ID.
            //
            // In many cases, you would be able to obtain the data type ID of a particular node by reading its DataType
            // attribute, or easier, by calling the extension method ReadDataType on the IEasyUAClient interface.
            // The sample server, however, shows a more advanced approach in which the data type ID refers to an abstract
            // data type, and the actual values are then sub-types of this base data type. This abstract data type does not
            // have any encodings associated with it and it is therefore not possible to extract its description from the
            // server. We therefore use a hard-coded data type ID for one of the sub-types in this example.
            //
            // The code to obtain the data type ID for given node would normally look like this:
            //    UANodeId dataTypeId = client.ReadDataType(
            //        endpointDescriptor,
            //        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10239");    // [ObjectsFolder]/Data.Static.Scalar.StructureValue
            //
            UANodeId dataTypeId = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=9440";    // ScalarValueDataType

            // Get the IEasyUAClientComplexData service from the client. This is needed for advanced complex data 
            // operations.
            IEasyUAClientComplexData complexData = client.GetService<IEasyUAClientComplexData>();
            
            // Resolve the data type ID to the data type object, containing description of the data type.
            ValueResult<DataType> dataTypeResult = complexData.ResolveDataType(
                new UAModelNodeDescriptor(endpointDescriptor, dataTypeId), 
                UABrowseNames.DefaultBinary);
            // Check if the operation succeeded. Use the ThrowIfFailed method instead if you want exception be thrown.
            if (!dataTypeResult.Succeeded)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", dataTypeResult.ErrorMessageBrief);
                return;
            }

            // The actual data type is in the Value property.
            // Display basic information about what we have obtained.
            Console.WriteLine(dataTypeResult.Value);

            // If we want to see the whole hierarchy of the received data type, we can format it with the "V" (verbose)
            // specifier. In the debugger, you can view the same by displaying the private DebugView property.
            Console.WriteLine();
            Console.WriteLine("{0:V}", dataTypeResult.Value);

            // For processing the internals of the data type, refer to examples for GenericData class.


            // Example output (truncated):
            //
            //ScalarValueDataType = structured
            //
            //ScalarValueDataType = structured
            //  [BooleanValue] Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //  [ByteStringValue] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
            //  [ByteValue] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            //  [DateTimeValue] DateTime = primitive(System.DateTime)
            //  [DoubleValue] Double = primitive(System.Double)
            //  [EnumerationValue] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            //  [ExpandedNodeIdValue] ExpandedNodeId = structured
            //    [ByteString] optional ByteStringNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
            //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            //    [FourByte] optional FourByteNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            //      [NamespaceIndex] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            //    [Guid] optional GuidNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
            //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            //    [NamespaceURI] optional CharArray = primitive(System.String)
            //    [NamespaceURISpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //    [NodeIdType] switch NodeIdType = enumeration(6)
            //      TwoByte = 0
            //      FourByte = 1
            //      Numeric = 2
            //      String = 3
            //      Guid = 4
            //      ByteString = 5
            //    [Numeric] optional NumericNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
            //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            //    [ServerIndex] optional UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
            //    [ServerIndexSpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //    [String] optional StringNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] CharArray = primitive(System.String)
            //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            //    [TwoByte] optional TwoByteNodeId = structured
            //      [Identifier] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            //  [FloatValue] Float = primitive(System.Single)
            //  [GuidValue] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
            //  [Int16Value] Int16 = primitive(System.Int16)
            //  [Int32Value] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            //  [Int64Value] Int64 = primitive(System.Int64)
            //  [Integer] Variant = structured
            //    [ArrayDimensions] optional sequence[*] of Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            //    [ArrayDimensionsSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //    [ArrayLength] length optional Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            //    [ArrayLengthSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //    [Boolean] optional sequence[*] of Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
            //    [Byte] optional sequence[*] of Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
        }
    }
}
' Shows how to obtain object describing the data type of complex data node with OPC UA Complex Data plug-in.
'
' Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
' OPC client and subscriber examples in VB.NET on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBNET .
' Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
' a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

Imports System
Imports Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Imports OpcLabs.BaseLib.DataTypeModel
Imports OpcLabs.BaseLib.OperationModel.Generic
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.InformationModel
Imports OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData

Namespace ComplexData._IEasyUAClientComplexData

    Friend Class ResolveDataType

        Public Shared Sub Main1()

            ' Define which server we will work with.
            Dim endpointDescriptor As UAEndpointDescriptor =
                    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
            ' or "http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer" (currently not supported)
            ' or "https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

            ' Instantiate the client object.
            Dim client = New EasyUAClient

            ' Obtain the data type ID.
            '
            ' In many cases, you would be able to obtain the data type ID of a particular node by reading its DataType
            ' attribute, or easier, by calling the extension method ReadDataType on the IEasyUAClient interface. The sample
            ' server, however, shows a more advanced approach in which the data type ID refers to an abstract data type,
            ' and the actual values are then sub-types of this base data type. This abstract data type does not have any
            ' encodings associated with it and it is therefore not possible to extract its description from the server.
            ' We therefore use a hard-coded data type ID for one of the sub-types in this example.
            '
            ' The code to obtain the data type ID for given node would normally look like this:
            '    UANodeId dataTypeId = client.ReadDataType(
            '        endpointDescriptor,
            '        "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10239");    // [ObjectsFolder]/Data.Static.Scalar.StructureValue
            '
            Dim dataTypeId As UANodeId = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=9440"  ' ScalarValueDataType

            ' Get the IEasyUAClientComplexData service from the client. This is needed for advanced complex data 
            ' operations.
            Dim complexData As IEasyUAClientComplexData = client.GetService(Of IEasyUAClientComplexData)

            ' Resolve the data type ID to the data type object, containing description of the data type.
            Dim dataTypeResult As ValueResult(Of DataType) = complexData.ResolveDataType( _
                New UAModelNodeDescriptor(endpointDescriptor, dataTypeId), _
                UABrowseNames.DefaultBinary)
            ' Check if the operation succeeded. Use the ThrowIfFailed method instead if you want exception be thrown.
            If Not dataTypeResult.Succeeded Then
                Console.WriteLine("*** Failure: {0}", dataTypeResult.ErrorMessageBrief)
                Exit Sub
            End If

            ' The actual data type is in the Value property.
            ' Display basic information about what we have obtained.
            Console.WriteLine(dataTypeResult.Value)

            ' If we want to see the whole hierarchy of the received data type, we can format it with the "V" (verbose)
            ' specifier. In the debugger, you can view the same by displaying the private DebugView property.
            Console.WriteLine()
            Console.WriteLine("{0:V}", dataTypeResult.Value)

            ' For processing the internals of the data type, refer to examples for GenericData class.


            ' Example output (truncated):
            '
            'ScalarValueDataType = structured
            '
            'ScalarValueDataType = structured
            '  [BooleanValue] Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '  [ByteStringValue] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
            '  [ByteValue] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            '  [DateTimeValue] DateTime = primitive(System.DateTime)
            '  [DoubleValue] Double = primitive(System.Double)
            '  [EnumerationValue] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            '  [ExpandedNodeIdValue] ExpandedNodeId = structured
            '    [ByteString] optional ByteStringNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
            '      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            '    [FourByte] optional FourByteNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            '      [NamespaceIndex] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            '    [Guid] optional GuidNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
            '      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            '    [NamespaceURI] optional CharArray = primitive(System.String)
            '    [NamespaceURISpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '    [NodeIdType] switch NodeIdType = enumeration(6)
            '      TwoByte = 0
            '      FourByte = 1
            '      Numeric = 2
            '      String = 3
            '      Guid = 4
            '      ByteString = 5
            '    [Numeric] optional NumericNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
            '      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            '    [ServerIndex] optional UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
            '    [ServerIndexSpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '    [String] optional StringNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] CharArray = primitive(System.String)
            '      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
            '    [TwoByte] optional TwoByteNodeId = structured
            '      [Identifier] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
            '  [FloatValue] Float = primitive(System.Single)
            '  [GuidValue] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
            '  [Int16Value] Int16 = primitive(System.Int16)
            '  [Int32Value] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            '  [Int64Value] Int64 = primitive(System.Int64)
            '  [Integer] Variant = structured
            '    [ArrayDimensions] optional sequence[*] of Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            '    [ArrayDimensionsSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '    [ArrayLength] length optional Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
            '    [ArrayLengthSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '    [Boolean] optional sequence[*] of Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
            '    [Byte] optional sequence[*] of Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace
// Shows how to obtain object describing the data type of complex data node with OPC UA Complex Data plug-in.
//
// Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
// OPC client and subscriber examples in Object Pascal (Delphi) on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-OP .
// Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
// a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

class procedure ResolveDataType.Main;
var
  Client: _EasyUAClient;
  ComplexData: _EasyUAClientComplexData;
  DataType: _DataType;
  DataTypeId: string;
  DataTypeResult: _ValueResult;
  EncodingName: _UAQualifiedName;
  EndpointDescriptor: string;
  ModelNodeDescriptor: _UAModelNodeDescriptor;
begin
  // Define which server and node we will work with.
  EndpointDescriptor := 
    //'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer';
    //'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/';
    'opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer';

  // Instantiate the client object
  Client := CoEasyUAClient.Create;

  // Obtain the data type ID.
  //
  // In many cases, you would be able to obtain the data type ID of a particular node by reading its DataType
  // attribute.
  // The sample server, however, shows a more advanced approach in which the data type ID refers to an abstract data type, and
  // the actual values are then sub-types of this base data type. This abstract data type does not have any encodings
  // associated with it and it is therefore not possible to extract its description from the server. We therefore use
  // a hard-coded data type ID for one of the sub-types in this example.
  DataTypeId := 'nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=9440';    // ScalarValueDataType

  // Get the IEasyUAClientComplexData service from the client. This is needed for advanced complex data
  // operations.
  ComplexData := IInterface(Client.GetServiceByName('OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData.IEasyUAClientComplexData, OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA')) as _EasyUAClientComplexData;

  // Resolve the data type ID to the data type object, containing description of the data type.
  ModelNodeDescriptor := CoUAModelNodeDescriptor.Create;
  ModelNodeDescriptor.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString := EndpointDescriptor;
  ModelNodeDescriptor.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText := DataTypeId;
  EncodingName := CoUAQualifiedName.Create;
  EncodingName.StandardName := 'DefaultBinary';
  DataTypeResult := ComplexData.ResolveDataType(ModelNodeDescriptor, EncodingName);
  if not DataTypeResult.Succeeded then
  begin
    WriteLn(Format('*** Failure: %s', [DataTypeResult.ErrorMessageBrief]));
    Exit;
  end;

  // The actual data type is in the Value property.
  DataType := IUnknown(DataTypeResult.Value) as _DataType;

  // Display basic information about what we have obtained.
  WriteLn(DataType.ToString);

  // If we want to see the whole hierarchy of the received data type, we can format it with the "V" (verbose)
  // specifier.
  Writeln;
  Writeln(DataType.ToString_2['V', nil]);

  // For processing the internals of the data type, refer to examples for GenericData class.


  // Example output (truncated):
  //
  //ScalarValueDataType = structured
  //
  //ScalarValueDataType = structured
  //  [BooleanValue] Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //  [ByteStringValue] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
  //  [ByteValue] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
  //  [DateTimeValue] DateTime = primitive(System.DateTime)
  //  [DoubleValue] Double = primitive(System.Double)
  //  [EnumerationValue] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
  //  [ExpandedNodeIdValue] ExpandedNodeId = structured
  //    [ByteString] optional ByteStringNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
  //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
  //    [FourByte] optional FourByteNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
  //      [NamespaceIndex] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
  //    [Guid] optional GuidNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
  //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
  //    [NamespaceURI] optional CharArray = primitive(System.String)
  //    [NamespaceURISpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //    [NodeIdType] switch NodeIdType = enumeration(6)
  //      TwoByte = 0
  //      FourByte = 1
  //      Numeric = 2
  //      String = 3
  //      Guid = 4
  //      ByteString = 5
  //    [Numeric] optional NumericNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
  //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
  //    [ServerIndex] optional UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
  //    [ServerIndexSpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //    [String] optional StringNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] CharArray = primitive(System.String)
  //      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
  //    [TwoByte] optional TwoByteNodeId = structured
  //      [Identifier] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
  //  [FloatValue] Float = primitive(System.Single)
  //  [GuidValue] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
  //  [Int16Value] Int16 = primitive(System.Int16)
  //  [Int32Value] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
  //  [Int64Value] Int64 = primitive(System.Int64)
  //  [Integer] Variant = structured
  //    [ArrayDimensions] optional sequence[*] of Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
  //    [ArrayDimensionsSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //    [ArrayLength] length optional Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
  //    [ArrayLengthSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //    [Boolean] optional sequence[*] of Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
  //    [Byte] optional sequence[*] of Byte = primitive(System.Byte)

end;
Rem Shows how to obtain object describing the data type of complex data node with OPC UA Complex Data plug-in.
Rem
Rem Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
Rem OPC client and subscriber examples in VBScript on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-VBScript .
Rem Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
Rem a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.

Option Explicit

' Define which server we will work with.
Dim endpointDescriptor: endpointDescriptor = _
    "opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer"
    '"http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer"  
    '"https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/"

' Instantiate the client object.
Dim Client: Set Client = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.EasyUAClient")

' Obtain the data type ID.
'
' In many cases, you would be able to obtain the data type ID of a particular node by reading its DataType
' attribute. 
' The sample server, however, shows a more advanced approach in which the data type ID refers to an abstract data type, and 
' the actual values are then sub-types of this base data type. This abstract data type does not have any encodings 
' associated with it and it is therefore not possible to extract its description from the server. We therefore use 
' a hard-coded data type ID for one of the sub-types in this example.
Dim dataTypeId: dataTypeId = "nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=9440"    ' ScalarValueDataType

' Get the IEasyUAClientComplexData service from the client. This is needed for advanced complex data 
' operations.
Dim ComplexData: Set ComplexData = _
    Client.GetServiceByName("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData.IEasyUAClientComplexData, OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA")

' Resolve the data type ID to the data type object, containing description of the data type.
Dim ModelNodeDescriptor: Set ModelNodeDescriptor = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.InformationModel.UAModelNodeDescriptor")
ModelNodeDescriptor.EndpointDescriptor.UrlString = endpointDescriptor
ModelNodeDescriptor.NodeDescriptor.NodeId.ExpandedText = dataTypeId
Dim EncodingName: Set EncodingName = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.UAQualifiedName")
EncodingName.StandardName = "DefaultBinary"
Dim DataTypeResult: Set DataTypeResult = ComplexData.ResolveDataType(ModelNodeDescriptor, EncodingName)
If Not DataTypeResult.Succeeded Then
    WScript.Echo "*** Failure: "  & DataTypeResult.Exception.GetBaseException().Message
    WScript.Quit
End If

' The actual data type is in the Value property.
Dim DataType: Set DataType = DataTypeResult.Value

' Display basic information about what we have obtained.
WScript.Echo DataType

' If we want to see the whole hierarchy of the received data type, we can format it with the "V" (verbose)
' specifier. 
WScript.Echo
WScript.Echo DataType.ToString_2("V", Nothing)

' For processing the internals of the data type, refer to examples for GenericData class.


' Example output (truncated):
'
'ScalarValueDataType = structured
'
'ScalarValueDataType = structured
'  [BooleanValue] Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
'  [ByteStringValue] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
'  [ByteValue] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
'  [DateTimeValue] DateTime = primitive(System.DateTime)
'  [DoubleValue] Double = primitive(System.Double)
'  [EnumerationValue] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
'  [ExpandedNodeIdValue] ExpandedNodeId = structured
'    [ByteString] optional ByteStringNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] ByteString = primitive(System.Byte[])
'      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
'    [FourByte] optional FourByteNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
'      [NamespaceIndex] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
'    [Guid] optional GuidNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
'      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
'    [NamespaceURI] optional CharArray = primitive(System.String)
'    [NamespaceURISpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
'    [NodeIdType] switch NodeIdType = enumeration(6)
'      TwoByte = 0
'      FourByte = 1
'      Numeric = 2
'      String = 3
'      Guid = 4
'      ByteString = 5
'    [Numeric] optional NumericNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
'      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
'    [ServerIndex] optional UInt32 = primitive(System.UInt32)
'    [ServerIndexSpecified] switch Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
'    [String] optional StringNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] CharArray = primitive(System.String)
'      [NamespaceIndex] UInt16 = primitive(System.UInt16)
'    [TwoByte] optional TwoByteNodeId = structured
'      [Identifier] Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
'  [FloatValue] Float = primitive(System.Single)
'  [GuidValue] Guid = primitive(System.Guid)
'  [Int16Value] Int16 = primitive(System.Int16)
'  [Int32Value] Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
'  [Int64Value] Int64 = primitive(System.Int64)
'  [Integer] Variant = structured
'    [ArrayDimensions] optional sequence[*] of Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
'    [ArrayDimensionsSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
'    [ArrayLength] length optional Int32 = primitive(System.Int32)
'    [ArrayLengthSpecified] switch sequence[1] of Bit = primitive(System.Boolean)
'    [Boolean] optional sequence[*] of Boolean = primitive(System.Boolean)
'    [Byte] optional sequence[*] of Byte = primitive(System.Byte)
# Shows how to obtain object describing the data type of complex data node with OPC UA Complex Data plug-in.
#
# Find all latest examples here: https://opclabs.doc-that.com/files/onlinedocs/OPCLabs-OpcStudio/Latest/examples.html .
# OPC client and subscriber examples in Python on GitHub: https://github.com/OPCLabs/Examples-QuickOPC-Python .
# Missing some example? Ask us for it on our Online Forums, https://www.opclabs.com/forum/index ! You do not have to own
# a commercial license in order to use Online Forums, and we reply to every post.
# The QuickOPC package is needed. Install it using "pip install opclabs_quickopc".
import opclabs_quickopc

# Import .NET namespaces.
from Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection import *
from System import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.AddressSpace.Standard import *
#from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Extensions import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.InformationModel import *
from OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.Plugins.ComplexData import *


endpointDescriptor = UAEndpointDescriptor('opc.tcp://opcua.demo-this.com:51210/UA/SampleServer')
# or 'http://opcua.demo-this.com:51211/UA/SampleServer' (currently not supported)
# or 'https://opcua.demo-this.com:51212/UA/SampleServer/'

# Instantiate the client object.
client = EasyUAClient()

# Obtain the data type ID.
#
# In many cases, you would be able to obtain the data type ID of a particular node by reading its DataType
# attribute, or easier, by calling the extension method ReadDataType on the IEasyUAClient interface.
# The sample server, however, shows a more advanced approach in which the data type ID refers to an abstract
# data type, and the actual values are then sub-types of this base data type. This abstract data type does not
# have any encodings associated with it and it is therefore not possible to extract its description from the
# server. We therefore use a hard-coded data type ID for one of the sub-types in this example.
#
# The code to obtain the data type ID for given node would normally look like this:
#    dataTypeId = IEasyUAClientExtension2.ReadDataType(client,
#        endpointDescriptor,
#        UANodeDescriptor('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=10239'))    # [ObjectsFolder]/Data.Static.Scalar.StructureValue
dataTypeId = UANodeId('nsu=http://test.org/UA/Data/ ;i=9440')   # ScalarValueDataType

# Get the IEasyUAClientComplexData service from the client. This is needed for advanced complex data
# operations.
complexData = ServiceProviderServiceExtensions.GetService[IEasyUAClientComplexData](client)
if complexData is None:
    print('The client complex data service is not available.')
    exit()

# Resolve the data type ID to the data type object, containing description of the data type.
dataTypeResult = IEasyUAClientComplexDataExtension.ResolveDataType(complexData,
    UAModelNodeDescriptor(endpointDescriptor, UANodeDescriptor(dataTypeId)),
    UABrowseNames.DefaultBinary)
# Check if the operation succeeded. Use the ThrowIfFailed method instead if you want exception be thrown.
if not dataTypeResult.Succeeded:
    print('*** Failure: ', dataTypeResult.ErrorMessageBrief)
    exit()

# The actual data type is in the Value property.
# Display basic information about what we have obtained.
print(dataTypeResult.Value)

# If we want to see the whole hierarchy of the received data type, we can format it with the "V" (verbose)
# specifier. In the debugger, you can view the same by displaying the private DebugView property.
print()
print(String.Format('{0:V}', dataTypeResult.Value))

# For processing the internals of the data type, refer to examples for GenericData class.

print()
print('Finished.')
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