Common Definitions

Common definitions for Client, Server and PubSub.

Attribute Id

Every node in an OPC UA information model contains attributes depending on the node type. Possible attributes are as follows:

typedef enum {
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_NODEID                  = 1,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_NODECLASS               = 2,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_BROWSENAME              = 3,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_DISPLAYNAME             = 4,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_DESCRIPTION             = 5,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_WRITEMASK               = 6,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_USERWRITEMASK           = 7,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_ISABSTRACT              = 8,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_SYMMETRIC               = 9,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_INVERSENAME             = 10,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_CONTAINSNOLOOPS         = 11,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_EVENTNOTIFIER           = 12,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_VALUE                   = 13,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_DATATYPE                = 14,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_VALUERANK               = 15,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_ARRAYDIMENSIONS         = 16,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_ACCESSLEVEL             = 17,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_USERACCESSLEVEL         = 18,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_MINIMUMSAMPLINGINTERVAL = 19,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_HISTORIZING             = 20,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_EXECUTABLE              = 21,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_USEREXECUTABLE          = 22,
    UA_ATTRIBUTEID_DATATYPEDEFINITION      = 23
} UA_AttributeId;

Access Level Masks

The access level to a node is given by the following constants that are ANDed with the overall access level.

#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_READ           (0x01u << 0u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_WRITE          (0x01u << 1u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_HISTORYREAD    (0x01u << 2u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_HISTORYWRITE   (0x01u << 3u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_SEMANTICCHANGE (0x01u << 4u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_STATUSWRITE    (0x01u << 5u)
#define UA_ACCESSLEVELMASK_TIMESTAMPWRITE (0x01u << 6u)

Write Masks

The write mask and user write mask is given by the following constants that are ANDed for the overall write mask. Part 3: 5.2.7 Table 2

#define UA_WRITEMASK_ACCESSLEVEL             (0x01u << 0u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_ARRRAYDIMENSIONS        (0x01u << 1u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_BROWSENAME              (0x01u << 2u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_CONTAINSNOLOOPS         (0x01u << 3u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_DATATYPE                (0x01u << 4u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_DESCRIPTION             (0x01u << 5u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_DISPLAYNAME             (0x01u << 6u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_EVENTNOTIFIER           (0x01u << 7u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_EXECUTABLE              (0x01u << 8u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_HISTORIZING             (0x01u << 9u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_INVERSENAME             (0x01u << 10u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_ISABSTRACT              (0x01u << 11u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_MINIMUMSAMPLINGINTERVAL (0x01u << 12u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_NODECLASS               (0x01u << 13u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_NODEID                  (0x01u << 14u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_SYMMETRIC               (0x01u << 15u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_USERACCESSLEVEL         (0x01u << 16u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_USEREXECUTABLE          (0x01u << 17u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_USERWRITEMASK           (0x01u << 18u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_VALUERANK               (0x01u << 19u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_WRITEMASK               (0x01u << 20u)
#define UA_WRITEMASK_VALUEFORVARIABLETYPE    (0x01u << 21u)

ValueRanks

The following are the most common ValueRanks used for Variables, VariableTypes and method arguments. ValueRanks higher than 3 are valid as well (but less common).

#define UA_VALUERANK_SCALAR_OR_ONE_DIMENSION  -3
#define UA_VALUERANK_ANY                      -2
#define UA_VALUERANK_SCALAR                   -1
#define UA_VALUERANK_ONE_OR_MORE_DIMENSIONS    0
#define UA_VALUERANK_ONE_DIMENSION             1
#define UA_VALUERANK_TWO_DIMENSIONS            2
#define UA_VALUERANK_THREE_DIMENSIONS          3

Rule Handling

The RuleHanding settings define how error cases that result from rules in the OPC UA specification shall be handled. The rule handling can be softened, e.g. to workaround misbehaving implementations or to mitigate the impact of additional rules that are introduced in later versions of the OPC UA specification.

typedef enum {
    UA_RULEHANDLING_DEFAULT = 0,
    UA_RULEHANDLING_ABORT,  /* Abort the operation and return an error code */
    UA_RULEHANDLING_WARN,   /* Print a message in the logs and continue */
    UA_RULEHANDLING_ACCEPT, /* Continue and disregard the broken rule */
} UA_RuleHandling;

Order

The Order enum is used to establish an absolute ordering between elements.

typedef enum {
    UA_ORDER_LESS = -1,
    UA_ORDER_EQ = 0,
    UA_ORDER_MORE = 1
} UA_Order;

Connection State

typedef enum {
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_CLOSED,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_HEL_SENT,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_HEL_RECEIVED,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_ACK_SENT,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_ACK_RECEIVED,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_OPN_SENT,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_OPEN,
    UA_SECURECHANNELSTATE_CLOSING
} UA_SecureChannelState;

typedef enum {
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_CLOSED,
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_CREATE_REQUESTED,
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_CREATED,
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_ACTIVATE_REQUESTED,
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_ACTIVATED,
    UA_SESSIONSTATE_CLOSING
} UA_SessionState;

Statistic counters

The stack manage statistic counter for the following layers:

  • Network

  • Secure channel

  • Session

The session layer counters are matching the counters of the ServerDiagnosticsSummaryDataType that are defined in the OPC UA Part 5 specification. Counter of the other layers are not specified by OPC UA but are harmonized with the session layer counters if possible.

typedef struct {
    size_t currentConnectionCount;
    size_t cumulatedConnectionCount;
    size_t rejectedConnectionCount;
    size_t connectionTimeoutCount;
    size_t connectionAbortCount;
} UA_NetworkStatistics;

typedef struct {
    size_t currentChannelCount;
    size_t cumulatedChannelCount;
    size_t rejectedChannelCount;
    size_t channelTimeoutCount; /* only used by servers */
    size_t channelAbortCount;
    size_t channelPurgeCount;   /* only used by servers */
} UA_SecureChannelStatistics;

typedef struct {
    size_t currentSessionCount;
    size_t cumulatedSessionCount;
    size_t securityRejectedSessionCount; /* only used by servers */
    size_t rejectedSessionCount;
    size_t sessionTimeoutCount;          /* only used by servers */
    size_t sessionAbortCount;            /* only used by servers */
} UA_SessionStatistics;

Endpoint URL Parser

The endpoint URL parser is generally useful for the implementation of network layer plugins.

/* Split the given endpoint url into hostname, port and path. All arguments must
 * be non-NULL. EndpointUrls have the form "opc.tcp://hostname:port/path", port
 * and path may be omitted (together with the prefix colon and slash).
 *
 * @param endpointUrl The endpoint URL.
 * @param outHostname Set to the parsed hostname. The string points into the
 *        original endpointUrl, so no memory is allocated. If an IPv6 address is
 *        given, hostname contains e.g. '[2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334]'
 * @param outPort Set to the port of the url or left unchanged.
 * @param outPath Set to the path if one is present in the endpointUrl.
 *        Starting or trailing '/' are NOT included in the path. The string
 *        points into the original endpointUrl, so no memory is allocated.
 * @return Returns UA_STATUSCODE_BADTCPENDPOINTURLINVALID if parsing failed. */
UA_StatusCode
UA_parseEndpointUrl(const UA_String *endpointUrl, UA_String *outHostname,
                    UA_UInt16 *outPort, UA_String *outPath);

/* Split the given endpoint url into hostname, vid and pcp. All arguments must
 * be non-NULL. EndpointUrls have the form "opc.eth://<host>[:<VID>[.PCP]]".
 * The host is a MAC address, an IP address or a registered name like a
 * hostname. The format of a MAC address is six groups of hexadecimal digits,
 * separated by hyphens (e.g. 01-23-45-67-89-ab). A system may also accept
 * hostnames and/or IP addresses if it provides means to resolve it to a MAC
 * address (e.g. DNS and Reverse-ARP).
 *
 * Note: currently only parsing MAC address is supported.
 *
 * @param endpointUrl The endpoint URL.
 * @param vid Set to VLAN ID.
 * @param pcp Set to Priority Code Point.
 * @return Returns UA_STATUSCODE_BADINTERNALERROR if parsing failed. */
UA_StatusCode
UA_parseEndpointUrlEthernet(const UA_String *endpointUrl, UA_String *target,
                            UA_UInt16 *vid, UA_Byte *pcp);

/* Convert given byte string to a positive number. Returns the number of valid
 * digits. Stops if a non-digit char is found and returns the number of digits
 * up to that point. */
size_t
UA_readNumber(const UA_Byte *buf, size_t buflen, UA_UInt32 *number);

/* Same as UA_ReadNumber but with a base parameter */
size_t
UA_readNumberWithBase(const UA_Byte *buf, size_t buflen,
                      UA_UInt32 *number, UA_Byte base);

#ifndef UA_MIN
#define UA_MIN(A,B) (A > B ? B : A)
#endif

#ifndef UA_MAX
#define UA_MAX(A,B) (A > B ? A : B)
#endif

Parse RelativePath Expressions

Parse a RelativePath according to the format defined in Part 4, A2. This is used e.g. for the BrowsePath structure. For now, only the standard ReferenceTypes from Namespace 0 are recognized (see Part 3).

RelativePath := ( ReferenceType [BrowseName]? )*

The ReferenceTypes have either of the following formats:

  • /: HierarchicalReferences and subtypes

  • .: Aggregates ReferenceTypesand subtypes

  • < [!#]* BrowseName >: The ReferenceType is indicated by its BrowseName (a QualifiedName). Prefixed modifiers can be as follows: ! switches to inverse References. # excludes subtypes of the ReferenceType.

QualifiedNames consist of an optional NamespaceIndex and the nameitself:

QualifiedName := ([0-9]+ ":")? Name

The QualifiedName representation for RelativePaths uses & as the escape character. Occurences of the characters /.<>:#!& in a QualifiedName have to be escaped (prefixed with &).

Example RelativePaths

  • /2:Block&.Output

  • /3:Truck.0:NodeVersion

  • <0:HasProperty>1:Boiler/1:HeatSensor

  • <0:HasChild>2:Wheel

  • <#Aggregates>1:Boiler/

  • <!HasChild>Truck

  • <HasChild>

#ifdef UA_ENABLE_PARSING
UA_StatusCode
UA_RelativePath_parse(UA_RelativePath *rp, const UA_String str);
#endif

Convenience macros for complex types

#define UA_PRINTF_GUID_FORMAT "%08x-%04x-%04x-%02x%02x-%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x%02x"
#define UA_PRINTF_GUID_DATA(GUID) (GUID).data1, (GUID).data2, (GUID).data3, \
        (GUID).data4[0], (GUID).data4[1], (GUID).data4[2], (GUID).data4[3], \
        (GUID).data4[4], (GUID).data4[5], (GUID).data4[6], (GUID).data4[7]

#define UA_PRINTF_STRING_FORMAT "\"%.*s\""
#define UA_PRINTF_STRING_DATA(STRING) (int)(STRING).length, (STRING).data

Helper functions for converting data types

/* Converts a bytestring to the corresponding base64 representation */
UA_DEPRECATED static UA_INLINE UA_StatusCode
UA_ByteString_toBase64String(const UA_ByteString *byteString,
                             UA_String *str) {
    return UA_ByteString_toBase64(byteString, str);
}

/* Converts a node id to the corresponding string representation.
 * It can be one of:
 * - Numeric: ns=0;i=123
 * - String: ns=0;s=Some String
 * - Guid: ns=0;g=A123456C-0ABC-1A2B-815F-687212AAEE1B
 * - ByteString: ns=0;b=AA== */
UA_DEPRECATED static UA_INLINE UA_StatusCode
UA_NodeId_toString(const UA_NodeId *nodeId, UA_String *nodeIdStr) {
    return UA_NodeId_print(nodeId, nodeIdStr);
}

/* Compare memory in constant time to mitigate timing attacks.
 * Returns true if ptr1 and ptr2 are equal for length bytes. */
static UA_INLINE UA_Boolean
UA_constantTimeEqual(const void *ptr1, const void *ptr2, size_t length) {
    volatile const UA_Byte *a = (volatile const UA_Byte *)ptr1;
    volatile const UA_Byte *b = (volatile const UA_Byte *)ptr2;
    volatile UA_Byte c = 0;
    for(size_t i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
        UA_Byte x = a[i], y = b[i];
        c |= x ^ y;
    }
    return !c;
}