SetIdentifier Method (UAPublisherId)

Sets the publisher Id type and its identifier to specified values.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Sub SetIdentifier( _
   ByVal publisherIdType As UAPublisherIdType, _
   ByVal identifier As Object _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As UAPublisherId
Dim publisherIdType As UAPublisherIdType
Dim identifier As Object
 
instance.SetIdentifier(publisherIdType, identifier)

public void SetIdentifier( 
   UAPublisherIdType publisherIdType,
   object identifier
)

public:
void SetIdentifier( 
   UAPublisherIdType publisherIdType,
   Object^ identifier
)

Parameters

publisherIdType: The type of the publisher Id.
identifier: The identifier part of the publisher Id.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	One of the arguments provided to a method is not valid. 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.
System.FormatException	The format of an argument is invalid, or a composite format string is not well formed.
System.InvalidCastException	An invalid casting or explicit conversion has been attempted. 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.
System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException	An invalid enumeration value was used. 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.
System.OverflowException	An arithmetic, casting, or conversion operation in a checked context resulted in an overflow.

Remarks

Depending on the publisherIdType, the identifier must fulfill the conditions below.

For UAPublisherIdType.None, it must be null.
For UAPublisherIdType.Byte, it must be convertible to System.Byte.
For UAPublisherIdType.UInt16, it must be convertible to System.UInt16.
For UAPublisherIdType.UInt32, it must be convertible to System.UInt32.
For UAPublisherIdType.UInt64, it must be convertible to System.UInt64.
For UAPublisherIdType.String, it must be convertible to System.String.

Example

COM

VBScript

Rem This example shows how to subscribe to all dataset messages with specific publisher Id, on an OPC-UA PubSub connection
Rem with UDP UADP mapping.
Rem
Rem In order to produce network messages for this example, run the UADemoPublisher tool. For documentation, see
Rem http://kb.opclabs.com/UADemoPublisher_Basics . In some cases, you may have to specify the interface name to be used.

Option Explicit

Const UAPublisherIdType_UInt64 = 4

' Define the PubSub connection we will work with.
Dim SubscribeDataSetArguments: Set SubscribeDataSetArguments = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.OperationModel.EasyUASubscribeDataSetArguments")
Dim ConnectionDescriptor: Set ConnectionDescriptor = SubscribeDataSetArguments.DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor.ConnectionDescriptor
ConnectionDescriptor.ResourceAddress.ResourceDescriptor.UrlString = "opc.udp://239.0.0.1"
' In some cases you may have to set the interface (network adapter) name that needs to be used, similarly to
' the statement below. Your actual interface name may differ, of course.
' ConnectionDescriptor.ResourceAddress.InterfaceName = "Ethernet"

' Define the arguments for subscribing to the dataset, where the filter is (unsigned 64-bit) publisher Id 31.
SubscribeDataSetArguments.DataSetSubscriptionDescriptor.Filter.PublisherId.SetIdentifier UAPublisherIdType_UInt64, 31

' Instantiate the subscriber object and hook events.
Dim Subscriber: Set Subscriber = CreateObject("OpcLabs.EasyOpc.UA.PubSub.EasyUASubscriber")
WScript.ConnectObject Subscriber, "Subscriber_"

WScript.Echo "Subscribing..."
Subscriber.SubscribeDataSet SubscribeDataSetArguments

WScript.Echo "Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds..."
WScript.Sleep 20*1000

WScript.Echo "Unsubscribing..."
Subscriber.UnsubscribeAllDataSets

WScript.Echo "Waiting for 1 second..."
' Unsubscribe operation is asynchronous, messages may still come for a short while.
WScript.Sleep 1*1000

WScript.Echo "Finished."



Sub Subscriber_DataSetMessage(Sender, e)
    ' Display the dataset.
    If e.Succeeded Then
        ' An event with null DataSetData just indicates a successful connection.
        If Not (e.DataSetData Is Nothing) Then
            WScript.Echo
            WScript.Echo "Dataset data: " & e.DataSetData
            Dim Pair: For Each Pair in e.DataSetData.FieldDataDictionary
                WScript.Echo Pair
            Next
        End If
    Else
        WScript.Echo
        WScript.Echo "*** Failure: " & e.ErrorMessageBrief
    End If
End Sub



' Example output:
'
'Subscribing...
'Processing dataset message events for 20 seconds...
'
'Dataset data: Good; Event; publisher=(UInt64)31, writer=51, fields: 4
'[#0, True {System.Boolean}; Good]
'[#1, 1237 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#2, 2514 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#3, 10/1/2019 9:03:59 AM {System.DateTime}; Good]
'
'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher=(UInt64)31, writer=1, fields: 4
'[#0, False {System.Boolean}; Good]
'[#1, 1239 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#2, 2703 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#3, 10/1/2019 9:04:01 AM {System.DateTime}; Good]
'
'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher=(UInt64)31, writer=4, fields: 16
'[#0, False {System.Boolean}; Good]
'[#1, 215 {System.Byte}; Good]
'[#2, 1239 {System.Int16}; Good]
'[#3, 1239 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#4, 1239 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#5, 87 {System.Int16}; Good]
'[#6, 1239 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#7, 1239 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#8, 1239 {System.Decimal}; Good]
'[#9, 1239 {System.Single}; Good]
'[#10, 1239 {System.Double}; Good]
'[#11, Romeo {System.String}; Good]
'[#12, [20] {175, 186, 248, 246, 215, ...} {System.Byte[]}; Good]
'[#13, d4492ca8-35c8-4b98-8edf-6ffa5ca041ca {System.Guid}; Good]
'[#14, 10/1/2019 9:04:01 AM {System.DateTime}; Good]
'[#15, [10] {1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, ...} {System.Int64[]}; Good]
'
'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher=(UInt64)31, writer=1, fields: 4
'[#2, 2722 {System.Int32}; Good]
'[#3, 10/1/2019 9:04:01 AM {System.DateTime}; Good]
'[#0, False {System.Boolean}; Good]
'[#1, 1239 {System.Int32}; Good]
'
'Dataset data: Good; Data; publisher=(UInt64)31, writer=3, fields: 100
'[#0, 39 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#1, 139 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#2, 239 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#3, 339 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#4, 439 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#5, 539 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#6, 639 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#7, 739 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#8, 839 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#9, 939 {System.Int64}; Good]
'[#10, 1039 {System.Int64}; Good]
'...

Requirements

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

Reference

UAPublisherId Class
UAPublisherId Members

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