The encoding of the Publisher information probe message structure is specified in Table 158.

Table 158 – Publisher information probe message structure

Name

Type

Description

InformationType

Byte

The following types of Publisher information probes are defined.

0Reserved

1 Publisher Server Endpoints

No additional fields are defined.

The information is provided with the Publisher Endpoints announcement message defined in 7.2.4.6.4.

2 DataSetMetaData

The settings for this InformationType are defined in Table 159.

The information is provided with the DataSetMetaData announcement message defined in 7.2.4.6.4.

3 DataSetWriter configuration

The settings for this InformationType are defined in Table 159.

The information is provided with the DataSetWriter configuration announcement message defined in 7.2.4.6.9.

4 WriterGroup configuration

The settings for this InformationType are defined in Table 160

The information is provided with the DataSetWriter configuration announcement message defined in 7.2.4.6.9.

5 PubSubConnections configuration

The settings for this InformationType are defined in Table 161

The information is provided with the PubSubConnection configuration announcement message defined in 7.2.4.6.7.

The additional field for DataSetWriter related InformationType in a Publisher information probe message are specified in Table 159.

Table 159 – DataSetWriter settings for Publisher information probe

Name

Type

Description

DataSetWriterIds

UInt16[]

List of DataSetWriterIds the information is requested for.

The field is encoded as Array with number of elements encoded as Int32 value.

For DataSetMetaData probes, the Publisher sends one discovery announcement NetworkMessage for each requested DataSetWriterId.

For DataSetWriter configuration probes, the DataSetWriters that belong to one WriterGroup are sent together in one DataSetWriter configuration message. If more than one WriterGroup is affected, this results in a DataSetWriter configuration message per WriterGroup.

The additional fields for WriterGroup related InformationType in a Publisher information probe message are specified in Table 160.

Table 160 – WriterGroup settings for Publisher information probe

Name

Type

Description

WriterGroupId

UInt16

This option allows a Publisher information probe for a WriterGroup and the contained DataSetWriters if only the WriterGroupId is known from NetworkMessages.

For WriterGroup configuration probes, the DataSetWriters that belong to the WriterGroup are sent together in one DataSetWriter configuration message.

IncludeDataSetWriters

Boolean

Flag indicating if the DataSetWriter should be contained in the PubSubConnection configuration announcement message.

The additional fields for PubSubConnection configuration in a Publisher information probe message are specified in Table 161.

Table 161 – PubSubConnections settings for Publisher information probe

Name

Type

Description

TransportProfileUris

String []

Filter criteria for the PubSubConnections to return in the PubSubConnection configuration announce message.

If TransportProfileUris are set, only PubSubConnection with matching TransportProfileUri shall be returned.

If the TransportProfileUris is null or empty, all PubSubConnections are returned.

IncludeWriterGroups

Boolean

Flag indicating if the WriterGroups should be contained in the PubSubConnection configuration announcement message.

IncludeDataSetWriters

Boolean

Flag indicating if the DataSetWriters should be contained in the PubSubConnection configuration announcement message.

This flag is ignored if IncludeWriterGroups is false.

Setting this flag increases the size of the PubSubConnection configuration announcement message and it is more likely that max message sizes are exceeded.