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7:27, EEST
March 22, 2013
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Hi ,
I am new bee in OPC UA. Could you please let me know how can I browse through all the server nodes / list all the nodes at once , using your OPC UA Java client SDK.
Thanks in advance.
9:15, EEST
December 21, 2011
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Since the OPC UA address space is a “free mesh” type of structure, it is not feasible to try to browse all nodes. It is difficult for the client to know when all the nodes have been browsed. Also, when you just follow the references between the nodes, you may find loops in the address space.
In practice, though, it may be safe to only follow all hierarchical references forward recursively, and consider that all nodes are found when you have got to the end of each “browse path” like this. Note that you may still find the same node(s) several times with this strategy.
8:53, EEST
March 22, 2013
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Jouni Aro said
Since the OPC UA address space is a “free mesh” type of structure, it is not feasible to try to browse all nodes. It is difficult for the client to know when all the nodes have been browsed. Also, when you just follow the references between the nodes, you may find loops in the address space.
In practice, though, it may be safe to only follow all hierarchical references forward recursively, and consider that all nodes are found when you have got to the end of each “browse path” like this. Note that you may still find the same node(s) several times with this strategy.
Thanks Jouni. So this means user has to recursively browse through each and every nodes in an address space , by providing each and every node id. This will be an interactive activity. We cannot get all the nodes at one go.
9:34, EEST
April 9, 2013
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This function could be hidden from users but done on the client side.
For example KEPServer OPC UA Driver has a “add branch” that add all the children nodes from a selected root node…
In fact it just Browse the root node and then Browse the forward References of that root node and then browse the forward References of that one and so on.
It is not so efficient but its the only way to browse a full AddressSpace with OPC UA…
11:50, EEST
December 21, 2011
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Yes, it is of course possible to do this programmatically by following the hierarchical forward references and “collecting” all the nodes that are found. But it is also necessary to detect loops (i.e. if a node is already collected, stop there).
We might consider such a method to the client SDK as well.
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