Hi,

You can use the com.prosysopc.ua.AnnotationUtils.readTypeDefinitionId(Class) static method. It is the same which NodeManagerUaNode.createInstance uses internally, if you use createInstance methods which take Class parameter.

Just in case the factory method you are talking would be used to instantiated the said class (without NodeManagerUaNode.createInstance/NodeBuilder):
The generated nodes should not be instantiated manually, only through createInstance methods or using NodeBuilder class directly (which the createInstance methods do internally). The reason is that usually the type contains other nodes (e.g. Property nodes or in case of Object nodes also InstanceDeclarations); calling just the constructor of the generated node only does create the top level node and nothing else (this is why it is generated as protected). The NodeBuilder looks the type information from the server’s typespace and instantiates all the nodes and creates correct References between them + e.g. the HasTypeDefinition reference which points to the type. In addition the NodeBuilder sets the Attributes of the newly created node and does call the afterCreate method.

– Bjarne