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Variant type node identifier?

Johanna Sandström

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04/23/2021 - 06:11

In the Quickstart Reference Server there is a node type (?) called Variant (can for example be found under CTT/Scalar/Simulation/Mass/Variant) that has a dynamic, ever changing Datatype. Is there a way to identify this type of node? If so, how?

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04/23/2021 - 10:19

The Variant Node. by design, has a value that could be any DataType.

The Value of the DataType Attribute is BaseDataType.

When you read a value using the Read service you get a union with a Type mask that tells you what you got in that Read, however, the next Read could return something different.

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