FlatData Language Binding
=========================

Introduction
------------

This section is organized as follows:

- `Overview`_
- `Getting Started`_
- `Further Information`_

Overview
--------

|rti_me| supports the FlatData\ :sup:`TM` language binding in the same manner as |rti_core|.
However, |rti_me| only supports FlatData language binding for traditional C++ APIs, whereas |rti_core|  also supports
it for the Modern C++ API. FlatData language binding is not supported for the C language binding.

Getting Started
---------------

The best way to start is to generate an example by creating an example IDL file HelloWorld.idl
containing the following IDL type:
::

   @final 
   @language_binding(FLAT_DATA)
   struct HelloWorld
   {
      long a;
   }

Next, run:

``rtiddsgen -example -micro -language C++ HelloWorld.idl``

Further Information
-------------------
For more details about FlatData language binding as a feature, please refer to the Connext DDS Core Libraries User's Manual |rti_core_um_flatdata|_.

For documentation about how to build and read a FlatData sample, see Pro_Flat_Data_API_.