Configuring transports used by RTI Connext. More...

Typedefs
typedef NDDS_Transport_Plugin (	DDS::NDDS_Transport_create_plugin) (NDDS_Transport_Address_t default_network_address_out, const struct DDS_PropertyQosPolicy property_in)
	Function prototype for creating plugin through DDS::PropertyQosPolicy. More...

Detailed Description

Configuring transports used by RTI Connext.

There is more than one way to install a transport plugin for use with RTI Connext:

If it is a builtin transport plugin, by specifying a bitmask in DDS::TransportBuiltinQosPolicy (see Built-in Transport Plugins)
For all other non-builtin transport plugins, by dynamically loading the plugin through PROPERTY QoS policy settings of DDS::DomainParticipant (on UNIX, Solaris and Windows systems only) (see Loading Transport Plugins through Property QoS Policy of Domain Participant)

The lifecycle of the transport plugin is automatically managed by RTI Connext. See Transport Lifecycle for details.

Loading Transport Plugins through Property QoS Policy of Domain Participant

On UNIX, Solaris and Windows operating systems, a non-builtin transport plugin written in C/C++ and built as a dynamic-link library (*.dll/*.so) can be loaded by RTI Connext through the PROPERTY QoS policy settings of the DDS::DomainParticipant. The dynamic-link library (and all the dependent libraries) need to be in the path during runtime (in LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable on Linux/Solaris systems,and in PATH environment variable for Windows systems).

To allow dynamic loading of the transport plugin, the transport plugin must implement the RTI Connext abstract transport API and must provide a function with the signature NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin that can be called by RTI Connext to create an instance of the transport plugin. The name of the dynamic library that contains the transport plugin implementation, the name of the function and properties that can be used to create the plugin, and the aliases and network address that are used to register the plugin can all be specified through the PROPERTY QoS policy of the DDS::DomainParticipant.

The following table lists the property names that are used to load the transport plugins dynamically:

*Properties for dynamically loading and registering transport plugins*
Property Name	Description	Required?
dds.transport.load_plugins	Comma-separated strings indicating the prefix names of all plugins that will be loaded by RTI Connext. Up to 8 plugins may be specified. For example, "dds.transport.WAN.wan1, dds.transport.DTLS.dtls1", In the following examples, <TRANSPORT_PREFIX> is used to indicate one element of this string that is used as a prefix in the property names for all the settings that are related to the plugin. <TRANSPORT_PREFIX> must begin with "dds.transport." (such as "dds.transport.mytransport").	YES
<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.library	Should be set to the name of the dynamic library (.so for Unix/Solaris, and .dll for Windows) that contains the transport plugin implementation. This library (and all the other dependent dynamic libraries) needs to be in the path during run time for used by RTI Connext (in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable on UNIX/Solaris systems, in PATH for Windows systems).	YES
<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.create_function	Should be set to the name of the function with the prototype of NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin that can be called by RTI Connext to create an instance of the plugin.	YES
<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.aliases	Used to register the transport plugin returned by NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin (as specified by <TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.create_function) to the DDS::DomainParticipant. Aliases should be specified as a comma-separated string, with each comma delimiting an alias. If it is not specified, <TRANSPORT_PREFIX> –without the leading "dds.transport" – is used as the default alias for the plugin.	NO
<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.network_address	Used to register the transport plugin returned by NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin (as specified by <TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.create_function) to the DDS::DomainParticipant. If it is not specified, the network_address_out output parameter from NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin is used. The default value is a zeroed out network address.	NO
<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.<property_name>	Property that is passed into NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin (as specified by <TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.create_function) for creating the transport plugin. This property name-value pair will be passed to NDDDS_Transport_create_plugin after stripping out <TRANSPORT_PREFIX> from the property name. The parsing of this property and configuring the transport using this property should be handled by the implementation of each transport plugin. Multiple <TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.<property_name> can be specified. Note: "library", "create_function", "aliases" and "network_address" cannot be used as the <property_name> due to conflicts with other builtin property names.	NO

A transport plugin is dynamically created and registered to the DDS::DomainParticipant by RTI Connext when:

the DDS::DomainParticipant is enabled,
the first DataWriter/DataReader is created, or
you lookup a builtin DataReader (DDS::Subscriber::lookup_datareader),

whichever happens first.

Any changes to the transport plugin related properties in PROPERTY QoS policy after the transport plugin has been registered with the DDS::DomainParticipant will have no effect.

Typedef Documentation

◆ NDDS_Transport_create_plugin

typedef NDDS_Transport_Plugin*(* DDS::NDDS_Transport_create_plugin) (NDDS_Transport_Address_t *default_network_address_out, const struct DDS_PropertyQosPolicy *property_in)

Function prototype for creating plugin through DDS::PropertyQosPolicy.

By specifying some predefined property names in DDS::PropertyQosPolicy, RTI Connext can call a function from a dynamic library to create a transport plugin and register the returned plugin with a DDS::DomainParticipant.

This is the function prototype of the function as specified in "<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.create_function" of DDS::PropertyQosPolicy QoS policy that will be called by RTI Connext to create the transport plugin. See Loading Transport Plugins through Property QoS Policy of Domain Participant for details.

Parameters

network_address_out <<out>> Optional output parameter. If the network address is not specified in "<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.network_address" in DDS::PropertyQosPolicy, this is the default network address that is used to register the returned transport plugin . This parameter will never be null. The default value is a zeroed-out network address.

property_in <<in>> property_in contains all the name-value pair properties that matches the format "<TRANSPORT_PREFIX>.<property_name>" in DDS::PropertyQosPolicy that can be used to create the transport plugin. Only <property_name> is passed in - the plugin prefix will be stripped out in the property name. Note: predefined <TRANSPORT_PREFIX> properties "library", "create_function", "aliases" and "network_address" will not be passed to this function. This parameter will never be null.

Returns: Upon success, a valid non-NIL transport plugin. NIL upon failure.

Typedefs

Detailed Description

Loading Transport Plugins through Property QoS Policy of Domain Participant

Typedef Documentation

◆ NDDS_Transport_create_plugin