.. _services: Services ======== In OPC UA, all communication is based on service calls, each consisting of a request and a response message. These messages are defined as data structures with a binary encoding and listed in :ref:`generated-types`. Since all Services are pre-defined in the standard, they cannot be modified by the user. But you can use the :ref:`Call ` service to invoke user-defined methods on the server. The following service signatures are internal and *not visible to users*. Still, we present them here for an overview of the capabilities of OPC UA. Please refer to the :ref:`client` and :ref:`server` API where the services are exposed to end users. Please see part 4 of the OPC UA standard for the authoritative definition of the service and their behaviour. .. code-block:: c /* Most services take as input the server, the current session and pointers to * the request and response structures. Possible error codes are returned as * part of the response. */ typedef void (*UA_Service)(UA_Server*, UA_Session*, const void *request, void *response); Discovery Service Set --------------------- This Service Set defines Services used to discover the Endpoints implemented by a Server and to read the security configuration for those Endpoints. .. code-block:: c void Service_FindServers(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_FindServersRequest *request, UA_FindServersResponse *response); /* Returns the Endpoints supported by a Server and all of the configuration * information required to establish a SecureChannel and a Session. */ void Service_GetEndpoints(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_GetEndpointsRequest *request, UA_GetEndpointsResponse *response); /* Not Implemented: Service_RegisterServer */ SecureChannel Service Set ------------------------- This Service Set defines Services used to open a communication channel that ensures the confidentiality and Integrity of all Messages exchanged with the Server. .. code-block:: c /* Open or renew a SecureChannel that can be used to ensure Confidentiality and * Integrity for Message exchange during a Session. */ void Service_OpenSecureChannel(UA_Server *server, UA_Connection *connection, const UA_OpenSecureChannelRequest *request, UA_OpenSecureChannelResponse *response); /* Used to terminate a SecureChannel. */ void Service_CloseSecureChannel(UA_Server *server, UA_SecureChannel *channel); Session Service Set ------------------- This Service Set defines Services for an application layer connection establishment in the context of a Session. .. code-block:: c /* Used by an OPC UA Client to create a Session and the Server returns two * values which uniquely identify the Session. The first value is the sessionId * which is used to identify the Session in the audit logs and in the Server's * address space. The second is the authenticationToken which is used to * associate an incoming request with a Session. */ void Service_CreateSession(UA_Server *server, UA_SecureChannel *channel, const UA_CreateSessionRequest *request, UA_CreateSessionResponse *response); /* Used by the Client to submit its SoftwareCertificates to the Server for * validation and to specify the identity of the user associated with the * Session. This Service request shall be issued by the Client before it issues * any other Service request after CreateSession. Failure to do so shall cause * the Server to close the Session. */ void Service_ActivateSession(UA_Server *server, UA_SecureChannel *channel, UA_Session *session, const UA_ActivateSessionRequest *request, UA_ActivateSessionResponse *response); /* Used to terminate a Session. */ void Service_CloseSession(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_CloseSessionRequest *request, UA_CloseSessionResponse *response); /* Not Implemented: Service_Cancel */ NodeManagement Service Set -------------------------- This Service Set defines Services to add and delete AddressSpace Nodes and References between them. All added Nodes continue to exist in the AddressSpace even if the Client that created them disconnects from the Server. .. code-block:: c /* Used to add one or more Nodes into the AddressSpace hierarchy. */ void Service_AddNodes(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_AddNodesRequest *request, UA_AddNodesResponse *response); /* Used to add one or more References to one or more Nodes. */ void Service_AddReferences(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_AddReferencesRequest *request, UA_AddReferencesResponse *response); /* Used to delete one or more Nodes from the AddressSpace. */ void Service_DeleteNodes(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_DeleteNodesRequest *request, UA_DeleteNodesResponse *response); /* Used to delete one or more References of a Node. */ void Service_DeleteReferences(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_DeleteReferencesRequest *request, UA_DeleteReferencesResponse *response); .. _view-services: View Service Set ---------------- Clients use the browse Services of the View Service Set to navigate through the AddressSpace or through a View which is a subset of the AddressSpace. .. code-block:: c /* Used to discover the References of a specified Node. The browse can be * further limited by the use of a View. This Browse Service also supports a * primitive filtering capability. */ void Service_Browse(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_BrowseRequest *request, UA_BrowseResponse *response); /* Used to request the next set of Browse or BrowseNext response information * that is too large to be sent in a single response. "Too large" in this * context means that the Server is not able to return a larger response or that * the number of results to return exceeds the maximum number of results to * return that was specified by the Client in the original Browse request. */ void Service_BrowseNext(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_BrowseNextRequest *request, UA_BrowseNextResponse *response); /* Used to translate textual node paths to their respective ids. */ void Service_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIds(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIdsRequest *request, UA_TranslateBrowsePathsToNodeIdsResponse *response); /* Used by Clients to register the Nodes that they know they will access * repeatedly (e.g. Write, Call). It allows Servers to set up anything needed so * that the access operations will be more efficient. */ void Service_RegisterNodes(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_RegisterNodesRequest *request, UA_RegisterNodesResponse *response); /* This Service is used to unregister NodeIds that have been obtained via the * RegisterNodes service. */ void Service_UnregisterNodes(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_UnregisterNodesRequest *request, UA_UnregisterNodesResponse *response); Query Service Set ----------------- This Service Set is used to issue a Query to a Server. OPC UA Query is generic in that it provides an underlying storage mechanism independent Query capability that can be used to access a wide variety of OPC UA data stores and information management systems. OPC UA Query permits a Client to access data maintained by a Server without any knowledge of the logical schema used for internal storage of the data. Knowledge of the AddressSpace is sufficient. .. code-block:: c /* Not Implemented: Service_QueryFirst */ /* Not Impelemented: Service_QueryNext */ Attribute Service Set --------------------- This Service Set provides Services to access Attributes that are part of Nodes. .. code-block:: c /* Used to read one or more Attributes of one or more Nodes. For constructed * Attribute values whose elements are indexed, such as an array, this Service * allows Clients to read the entire set of indexed values as a composite, to * read individual elements or to read ranges of elements of the composite. */ void Service_Read(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_ReadRequest *request, UA_ReadResponse *response); /* Used to write one or more Attributes of one or more Nodes. For constructed * Attribute values whose elements are indexed, such as an array, this Service * allows Clients to write the entire set of indexed values as a composite, to * write individual elements or to write ranges of elements of the composite. */ void Service_Write(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_WriteRequest *request, UA_WriteResponse *response); /* Not Implemented: Service_HistoryRead */ /* Not Implemented: Service_HistoryUpdate */ .. _method-services: Method Service Set ------------------ The Method Service Set defines the means to invoke methods. A method shall be a component of an Object. See the section on :ref:`MethodNodes ` for more information. .. code-block:: c /* Used to call (invoke) a list of Methods. Each method call is invoked within * the context of an existing Session. If the Session is terminated, the results * of the method's execution cannot be returned to the Client and are * discarded. */ void Service_Call(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_CallRequest *request, UA_CallResponse *response); MonitoredItem Service Set ------------------------- Clients define MonitoredItems to subscribe to data and Events. Each MonitoredItem identifies the item to be monitored and the Subscription to use to send Notifications. The item to be monitored may be any Node Attribute. .. code-block:: c /* Used to create and add one or more MonitoredItems to a Subscription. A * MonitoredItem is deleted automatically by the Server when the Subscription is * deleted. Deleting a MonitoredItem causes its entire set of triggered item * links to be deleted, but has no effect on the MonitoredItems referenced by * the triggered items. */ void Service_CreateMonitoredItems(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_CreateMonitoredItemsRequest *request, UA_CreateMonitoredItemsResponse *response); /* Used to remove one or more MonitoredItems of a Subscription. When a * MonitoredItem is deleted, its triggered item links are also deleted. */ void Service_DeleteMonitoredItems(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_DeleteMonitoredItemsRequest *request, UA_DeleteMonitoredItemsResponse *response); void Service_ModifyMonitoredItems(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_ModifyMonitoredItemsRequest *request, UA_ModifyMonitoredItemsResponse *response); /* Used to set the monitoring mode for one or more MonitoredItems of a Subscription. */ void Service_SetMonitoringMode(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_SetMonitoringModeRequest *request, UA_SetMonitoringModeResponse *response); /* Not Implemented: Service_SetTriggering */ Subscription Service Set ------------------------ Subscriptions are used to report Notifications to the Client. .. code-block:: c /* Used to create a Subscription. Subscriptions monitor a set of MonitoredItems * for Notifications and return them to the Client in response to Publish * requests. */ void Service_CreateSubscription(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_CreateSubscriptionRequest *request, UA_CreateSubscriptionResponse *response); /* Used to modify a Subscription. */ void Service_ModifySubscription(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_ModifySubscriptionRequest *request, UA_ModifySubscriptionResponse *response); /* Used to enable sending of Notifications on one or more Subscriptions. */ void Service_SetPublishingMode(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_SetPublishingModeRequest *request, UA_SetPublishingModeResponse *response); /* Used for two purposes. First, it is used to acknowledge the receipt of * NotificationMessages for one or more Subscriptions. Second, it is used to * request the Server to return a NotificationMessage or a keep-alive * Message. * * Note that the service signature is an exception and does not contain a * pointer to a PublishResponse. That is because the service queues up publish * requests internally and sends responses asynchronously based on timeouts. */ void Service_Publish(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_PublishRequest *request, UA_UInt32 requestId); /* Requests the Subscription to republish a NotificationMessage from its * retransmission queue. */ void Service_Republish(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_RepublishRequest *request, UA_RepublishResponse *response); /* Invoked to delete one or more Subscriptions that belong to the Client's * Session. */ void Service_DeleteSubscriptions(UA_Server *server, UA_Session *session, const UA_DeleteSubscriptionsRequest *request, UA_DeleteSubscriptionsResponse *response); /* Not Implemented: Service_TransferSubscription */