DDS_LifespanQosPolicy Struct Reference
[LIFESPAN]

Specifies how long the data written by the DDS_DataWriter is considered valid. More...

Data Fields
struct DDS_Duration_t	duration
	Maximum duration for the data's validity.

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Detailed Description

Specifies how long the data written by the DDS_DataWriter is considered valid.

Each data sample written by the DDS_DataWriter has an associated expiration time beyond which the data should not be delivered to any application. Once the sample expires, the data will be removed from the DDS_DataReader caches as well as from the transient and persistent information caches.

The expiration time of each sample from the DDS_DataWriter's cache is computed by adding the duration specified by this QoS policy to the sample's source timestamp. The expiration time of each sample from the DDS_DataReader's cache is computed by adding the duration to the reception timestamp.

See also:

FooDataWriter_write

FooDataWriter_write_w_timestamp

Entity:

DDS_Topic, DDS_DataWriter

Properties:

RxO = N/A
Changeable = YES

Usage

The Lifespan QoS policy can be used to control how much data is stored by RTI Data Distribution Service. Even if it is configured to store "all" of the data sent or received for a topic (see DDS_HistoryQosPolicy), the total amount of data it stores may be limited by this QoS policy.

You may also use this QoS policy to ensure that applications do not receive or act on data, commands or messages that are too old and have 'expired.'

To avoid inconsistencies, multiple writers of the same instance should have the same lifespan.

See also:

DDS_SampleInfo::source_timestamp

DDS_SampleInfo::reception_timestamp

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Field Documentation

struct DDS_Duration_t DDS_LifespanQosPolicy::duration [read]

Maximum duration for the data's validity.

[default] DDS_DURATION_INFINITE

[range] [1 nanosec, 1 year] or DDS_DURATION_INFINITE