UA Part 25: ObjectSerialization

The SerializationEntityType is formally defined in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 7.

Figure 7 – SerializationEntityType components

Table 1 – SerializationEntityType definition

Attribute		Value
BrowseName		SerializationEntityType
IsAbstract		False
References	NodeClass		BrowseName	DataType	TypeDefinition	Other
Subtype of the BaseObjectType defined in OPC 10000-5
HasComponent	Variable		SerializedData	Structure	BaseDataVariableType	M

Serialization filter Properties
HasProperty	Variable		IncludeReferenceTypes	NodeId[]	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		ExcludeReferenceTypes	NodeId[]	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		SerializationDepth	UInt16	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		ConsiderSubElementSerializationProperties	Boolean	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		CustomMetaDataProperties	KeyValuePair[]	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		CustomMetaDataRef	NodeId	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		IncludeStatus	Boolean	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		IncludeSourceTimestamp	Boolean	PropertyType	O,R
HasProperty	Variable		IncludeDictionaryReference	Boolean	PropertyType	O,R

Configuration of the SerializationEntity (requires locking)
HasComponent	Method		ConfigureSerialization	see 6.3.3		O
Conformance Units
ObjectSerialization Base

The SerializationProperties are described starting with clause 6.3.4. The default settings in Table 2 apply for Properties that are not provided on a SerializationEntityType instance.

Table 2 – Default values for serialization filter Properties

Property Name	Default setting
IncludeReferenceTypes	[HasChild]
ExcludeReferenceTypes	[] //empty array
SerializationDepth	1
ConsiderSubElementSerializationProperties	False
CustomMetaDataProperties	[] //empty array
CustomMetaDataRef	{0}
IncludeStatus	False
IncludeSourceTimestamp	False
IncludeDictionaryReference	False