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Rahul Rahul_1

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11/06/2023 - 22:43

Hi,

I am working on decoding of concrete structure inheritance in the client and facing issue in bellow scenerio -

I have three datatype in my addressspace as

TestParent -> field parent1 of type Int

TestChild -> field child1 of type Double (inheriting from TestParent)

Test -> field testData of type TestParent

TestParent : (fields: parent1 (Int))

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TestChild : (fields: child1 (Double))

Test : (fields: testData (Type TestParent))

I have created an object of Test type and assigned TestChild object into the testData of Test Object

TestIObject.testData = TestChildObject

I am trying to read TestObject from client. I am getting binary encoding id of TestObject from server so able to decode it but how the client get to know the encoding id of testData. Is there any way we can support it and decode the data correctly.

NOTE:

If I create an object of TestParent and assign TestChild object and than try to read TestParent object from addressspace I am able to decode and read the value correctly.

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Rahul

Randy Armstrong

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11/07/2023 - 08:43

It is confusing why you talk about reading 'Objects' that is not some that is generally done in OPC UA.

Can you confirm you are talking Structure DataTypes and reading Values?

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11/07/2023 - 20:56

Hi Randy

I have created 3 custom structure DataTypes and trying to read the value as mentioned above.

By reading objects I mean, I have created node in address space and trying to read the node from address space. node is type of Test DataType.

While reading node in Value attribute I have testData but in testData I can only see parent field not child field, but I have assigned Child type so client should be able to decode it correctly.

Please let me know If any other information I can provide

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Rahul

Mohit Agarwal

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11/08/2023 - 04:42

If I understand the topic, this is the scenario:

TestStructure
- TestParentStructure testData;
TestParentStructure
- Int32 parent1;
TestChildStructure
- Double child1;
Question:
- During runtime instantiation, if testData == an instance of TestChildStructure, then how DOES the client know it?

@Rahul, I guess this is what your question is.

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11/09/2023 - 01:00

Yes Mohit,

Client decode the ExtentionObject using encoding id but how client will know the encoding id of Fields. I didn't find anything on UA Specs related to this if Fields are also ExtentionObject. How should server encode the data so that Client will know the actual type of Fields.

I have checked couple of OpcUa Clients that are decoding the extention object based on encoding id and after getting actual type of ExtentionObject, Fields are decoded based on DataTypes. This can be wrong in the situation where fields are storing subtypes as in my case.

If there is any documentation or reference for this situation please let me know.

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Rahul

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11/10/2023 - 03:58

The UABinary encoding is defined completely here:

https://reference.opcfoundatio.....5/docs/5.2

It explains that each field in a structure is encoded using the encoding for the datatype.