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

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, |me| only supports the FlatData language binding for traditional C++ APIs, whereas |rti_core| 
also supports it for the Modern C++ API. The 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 this feature, please see 
|rti_core_um_flatdata_verbose| in the |rti_core_um| 
(available |rti_core_um_flatdata|_ if you have Internet access).

For details on how to build and read a FlatData sample, see FlatData_.