OPC Studio User's Guide and Reference
TestSubscription Method



OpcLabs.EasyOpcUA Assembly > OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.Extensions Namespace > IEasyUASubscriberExtension2 Class : TestSubscription Method
The subscriber object that will perform the operation.

This is typically the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.EasyUASubscriber object.

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

Arguments needed to subscribe to a dataset.

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

A period during which a dataset should be received.

Valid values of this parameter are in the range from 0 to 2147483647 (Int32.MaxValue).

Tests whether an OPC UA PubSub subscription can be successfully established. Synchronous.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
<ExtensionAttribute()>
<CanBeNullAttribute()>
Public Shared Function TestSubscription( _
   ByVal subscriber As IEasyUASubscriber, _
   ByVal subscribeDataSetArguments As UASubscribeDataSetArguments, _
   ByVal millisecondsTimeout As Integer _
) As UADataSetData
'Usage
 
Dim subscriber As IEasyUASubscriber
Dim subscribeDataSetArguments As UASubscribeDataSetArguments
Dim millisecondsTimeout As Integer
Dim value As UADataSetData
 
value = IEasyUASubscriberExtension2.TestSubscription(subscriber, subscribeDataSetArguments, millisecondsTimeout)

Parameters

subscriber
The subscriber object that will perform the operation.

This is typically the OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.EasyUASubscriber object.

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

subscribeDataSetArguments
Arguments needed to subscribe to a dataset.

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

millisecondsTimeout
A period during which a dataset should be received.

Valid values of this parameter are in the range from 0 to 2147483647 (Int32.MaxValue).

Return Value

The method returns a non-null OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.UADataSetData when the test passes and a dataset has been received, or a null reference if there is no error, but no dataset has been received during the millisecondsTimeout period. The method throws a OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.OperationModel.UAException when there is an error establishing the subscription.

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.

The value of an argument is outside the allowable range of values as defined by the invoked method.

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.

The task has been cancelled.

The OPC UA operation has failed. This operation exception in uniformly used to allow common handling of various kinds of errors. The System.Exception.InnerException always contains information about the actual error cause.

This is an operation error that depends on factors external to your program, and thus cannot be always avoided. Your code must handle it appropriately.

Remarks

This is a synchronous method. For an asynchronous alternative, see TestSubscriptionAsync.

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.

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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