RTI Connext Modern C++ API Version 7.7.0

This mask configures different aspects of the Extended CDR encoding (XCDR and XCDR2). More...

#include <rti/config/Compliance.hpp>

Inherits std::bitset< 32 >.

Public Types

typedef std::bitset< 32 > MaskType
 A typedef of std::bitset<32> for convenience. More...
 

Public Member Functions

 XTypesMask ()
 Default XTypes compliance mask. More...
 
 XTypesMask (uint64_t mask)
 Construct a XTypesMask from an integer. More...
 
 XTypesMask (const MaskType &mask)
 Construct a XTypesMask from a MaskType object. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static const XTypesMask dheader_in_non_primitive_collections ()
 When this bit is set, the serialization of sequences and arrays with non-primitive members includes a DHEADER. More...
 
static const XTypesMask enum_as_primitive_in_collections ()
 When this bit is set, enums are considered primitive types in collection types. More...
 
static const XTypesMask parameter_length_with_padding ()
 When this bit is set, the length of a member header in a mutable type or an optional member will include padding bytes to a 4-byte boundary. More...
 
static const XTypesMask encapsulation_options_with_padding ()
 When this bit is set, RTI Connext will set the padding bits in the options field of the encapsulation header of a serialized payload. More...
 
static const XTypesMask accept_unknown_enum_value ()
 When this bit is set, samples containing an unknown enumerator can be successfully deserialized to the default enumeration value. More...
 
static const XTypesMask accept_unknown_discriminator ()
 When this bit is set, samples containing an unknown discriminator can be successfully deserialized, and the sample won't be dropped. More...
 
static const XTypesMask select_default_discriminator ()
 When this bit is set, samples containing a discriminator value that does not select any member in the union will be assigned the default discriminator value; if the bit is not set, the sample will preserve the discriminator value. More...
 
static const XTypesMask sentinel_in_empty_union ()
 When this bit is set, samples of a mutable union that contain an unknown discriminator will be serialized with a 4-byte sentinel value. More...
 
static const XTypesMask initialize_discriminator_to_default ()
 When this bit is set, the union discriminator will be initialized to the default value of its type. More...
 
static const XTypesMask java_keyhash_750 ()
 When this bit is set, the KeyHash calculation for a Java instance will match the one produced by the Java API in Connext 7.5.0 and earlier versions. More...
 
static const XTypesMask python_int8_730 ()
 Set this bit to interoperate with Connext 7.3.0 Python applications that published or subscribed to types with int8 members. More...
 
static const XTypesMask must_understand_in_key_and_discriminator ()
 When this bit is set, the parameter ID for members that are part of the key, or for the discriminator of a union, will have the parameter ID's FLAG_MUST_UNDERSTAND bit set when serialized using XCDR2. More...
 
static const XTypesMask vendor ()
 XTypes vendor compliance mask. This value is fully aligned with the XTypes specification. More...
 
static const XTypesMask default_mask ()
 Default XTypes compliance mask. More...
 

Detailed Description

This mask configures different aspects of the Extended CDR encoding (XCDR and XCDR2).

XTypes compliance mask.

The rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask configures different aspects of the Extended CDR encoding (XCDR and XCDR2).

Applications that don't use the exact same XTypes compliance mask may not be interoperable.

By default, data serialization is not fully compliant with Extended CDR encoding. While this doesn't affect correctness, it may prevent interoperability with other vendors.

You can change the default compliance mask for an application using any of the following mechanisms:

The environment variable will be automatically loaded when a DomainParticipantFactory is created. If you need to load it before that, use the function rti::config::compliance::load_compliance_masks().

The format of the environment variable is an unsigned integer, which can be in HEX notation. For example: 0x00000001.

The default value is rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask().

To be fully compliant with the XTypes specification, set the mask to rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::vendor().

[default] rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

When changing the mask for an application is not desired, the property dds.xtypes.compliance_mask will change the mask at the DomainParticipant or DataWriter level. When set in the DomainParticipant, it configures the mask for all DataWriters in the participant. See Extensible Types Compliance Mask in the RTI Connext Core Libraries Extensible Types Guide.

Member Typedef Documentation

◆ MaskType

A typedef of std::bitset<32> for convenience.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ XTypesMask() [1/3]

◆ XTypesMask() [2/3]

rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::XTypesMask ( uint64_t  mask)
inlineexplicit

Construct a XTypesMask from an integer.

Parameters
maskValue whose bits are copied to the bitset positions

◆ XTypesMask() [3/3]

rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::XTypesMask ( const MaskType &  mask)
inline

Construct a XTypesMask from a MaskType object.

Parameters
maskA std::bitset<32> to construct this XTypesMask from

Member Function Documentation

◆ dheader_in_non_primitive_collections()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::dheader_in_non_primitive_collections ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, the serialization of sequences and arrays with non-primitive members includes a DHEADER.

Value: 0x00000001

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be set.

This bit only applies to XCDR2 encoding.

Limitation: For FlatData, the compliant encoding is applied to arrays and sequences of mutable types, but not final types . The serialization of final types containing arrays of non-primitive types in the FlatData language binding is not compliant with Extended CDR encoding version 2 in any case.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ enum_as_primitive_in_collections()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::enum_as_primitive_in_collections ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, enums are considered primitive types in collection types.

Value: 0x00000002

A DHEADER will not be added to collections of enums if rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::dheader_in_non_primitive_collections() is set.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit only applies to XCDR2 encoding.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ parameter_length_with_padding()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::parameter_length_with_padding ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, the length of a member header in a mutable type or an optional member will include padding bytes to a 4-byte boundary.

Value: 0x00000004

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit only applies to XCDR encoding.

This bit is set by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ encapsulation_options_with_padding()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::encapsulation_options_with_padding ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, RTI Connext will set the padding bits in the options field of the encapsulation header of a serialized payload.

Value: 0x00000008

When this bit is set RTI Connext will set the least significant two bits in the second byte of the options field to a value that encodes the number of padding bytes needed after the end of the serialized payload in order to reach the next 4-byte aligned offset. Specifically, the least significant two bits shall be set to binary 00 if no padding bits would be needed and binary 01, 10, or 11 if, respectively, there would be one, two, or three bytes of padding needed. These bits in the options field will be interpreted by a DataReader to determine where the serialized data exactly ended.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be set.

To be compatible with the following Micro versions this bit must be unset because those versions of Micro did not support padding bits and will discard any data with encapsulations options not set to 0.

  • RTI Connext Micro 3.x.y.z
  • RTI Connext Micro 2.4.15.1
  • RTI Connext Micro 2.4.14.0 and 2.4.14.1
  • RTI Connext Micro 2.4.13.1 through 2.4.13.5
  • RTI Connext Micro 2.4.12.z

This bit applies to both, XCDR and XCDR2 encodings.

This bit is set by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ accept_unknown_enum_value()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::accept_unknown_enum_value ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, samples containing an unknown enumerator can be successfully deserialized to the default enumeration value.

Value: 0x00000010

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ accept_unknown_discriminator()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::accept_unknown_discriminator ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, samples containing an unknown discriminator can be successfully deserialized, and the sample won't be dropped.

Value: 0x00000020

When this bit is set, samples containing an unknown discriminator won't be dropped, and the discriminator value assigned to the sample will depend on whether or not the bit rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::select_default_discriminator() is set.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be set.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ select_default_discriminator()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::select_default_discriminator ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, samples containing a discriminator value that does not select any member in the union will be assigned the default discriminator value; if the bit is not set, the sample will preserve the discriminator value.

Value: 0x00000040

When this bit is set, samples containing a discriminator value that does not select any member in the union will be assigned the default discriminator value. If the default value selects a valid union member, that member will be initialized to the default value of its type. If the bit is not set, the sample will preserve the discriminator value. The bit rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::initialize_discriminator_to_default() determines what the default discriminator value is.

This bit is only relevant when the bit rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::accept_unknown_discriminator() is set, and it is used to determine the value of the discriminator when the sample contains an unknown discriminator.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ sentinel_in_empty_union()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::sentinel_in_empty_union ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, samples of a mutable union that contain an unknown discriminator will be serialized with a 4-byte sentinel value.

Value: 0x00000080

When this bit is set, samples of a mutable union that contain an unknown discriminator will be serialized with a 4-byte sentinel value: 0x027f0000. This is the same sentinel value as the one used for samples of a mutable union that contain a known discriminator.

This bit only applies to XCDR encoding, Dynamic Data, and language APIs other than Java. When using Java and not using Dynamic Data, the sentinel is always added.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification and with Connext version 5.3.x, this bit must be set.

This bit is set by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ initialize_discriminator_to_default()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::initialize_discriminator_to_default ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, the union discriminator will be initialized to the default value of its type.

Value: 0x00000100

When this bit is set, the union discriminator will be initialized to the default value of its type. This means 0 for numeric discriminators, false for boolean discriminators, and the first literal of the enumeration for enumerated discriminators. As a result, a union may be initialized with a discriminator value that does not correspond to any of its members.

The default value of the type can be modified by creating an alias type and using the [default] annotation to specify the desired default value. You can then use that alias type as the discriminator type, and the default discriminator value will be the one specified in the alias type.

When this bit is unset, the discriminator will be set to select to a value that selects the default union member, if one is defined, or otherwise to the lowest value associated with any member.

If you generated code (using Code Generator) with this bit configured one way using the -xTypesComplianceMask flag (for example, -xTypesComplianceMask 0x00000100) and then configure it the opposite way in the API (for example, unset at 0x00000000), you must regenerate code using Code Generator's -xTypesComplianceMask flag configured the same way as it is in the API (for example, -xTypesComplianceMask 0x00000000). Note that this bit is the only bit that Code Generator uses; therefore, you have to set it the same both in the API and in Code Generator. See information about Code Generator's -xTypesComplianceMask command-line option in Command-Line Arguments for rtiddsgen, in the RTI Code Generator User's Manual.

This bit affects rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::select_default_discriminator(). (See that bit's description above.)

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be set.

This bit is set by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ java_keyhash_750()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::java_keyhash_750 ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, the KeyHash calculation for a Java instance will match the one produced by the Java API in Connext 7.5.0 and earlier versions.

Value: 0x00000200

When this bit is set, the KeyHash calculation for a Java instance will match the one produced by the Java API in Connext 7.5.0 and earlier versions.

This affects KeyHash calculation only when using XCDR encoding and the Java language API for mutable types and either of the following conditions is met:

  • The key is not a primitive type, and the maximum serialized size of a sample for the type exceeds 65KB.
  • At least one key member has a member ID greater than 16128.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ python_int8_730()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::python_int8_730 ( )
inlinestatic

Set this bit to interoperate with Connext 7.3.0 Python applications that published or subscribed to types with int8 members.

Value: 0x00000400

When this bit is set, the TypeCode generation for a Python type that contains an int8 member will match the one produced by the Python API in Connext 7.3.0. However, this behavior is not compliant with the XTypes specification, and Python types with int8 members won't interoperate with other APIs.

When this bit is unset, the TypeCode generation for a Python type that contains an int8 member will be done according to the XTypes specification, allowing interoperability with all the APIs except Python in Connext 7.3.0.

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be unset.

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ must_understand_in_key_and_discriminator()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::must_understand_in_key_and_discriminator ( )
inlinestatic

When this bit is set, the parameter ID for members that are part of the key, or for the discriminator of a union, will have the parameter ID's FLAG_MUST_UNDERSTAND bit set when serialized using XCDR2.

Value: 0x00000800

To be compatible with the XTypes specification, this bit must be set.

This bit only applies when you are using XCDR2. (For XCDR, the parameter ID's FLAG_MUST_UNDERSTAND bit will never be set for key members and union discriminators, because doing so would change the key hash computation and disrupt communication with older versions of RTI Connext.)

This bit is unset by default. See rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask()

◆ vendor()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::vendor ( )
inlinestatic

XTypes vendor compliance mask. This value is fully aligned with the XTypes specification.

The mask sets the following bits:

The HEX value for the mask is: 0x000001a9.

Warning
This mask will always include all known fixes to ensure full alignment with the XTypes specification. As a result, its contents may change between releases or patches. If you want to ensure that your application's behavior remains unaffected by future changes, you should specify the exact bits you are interested in.

◆ default_mask()

static const XTypesMask rti::config::compliance::XTypesMask::default_mask ( )
inlinestatic