Browse Reponse TypeDefinition

[AndreasHeine]

@oroulet @swamper123

TypeDefinition:
ReferenceDescription(
ReferenceTypeId=NodeId(Identifier=40, NamespaceIndex=0, NodeIdType=<NodeIdType.TwoByte: 0>),
IsForward=True,
NodeId=NodeId(Identifier=1006, NamespaceIndex=4, NodeIdType=<NodeIdType.Numeric: 2>),
BrowseName=QualifiedName(NamespaceIndex=4, Name='SurfaceTechnologyObjectType'),
DisplayName=LocalizedText(Locale=None, Text='SurfaceTechnologyObjectType'),
NodeClass_=<NodeClass.DataType: 64>,
TypeDefinition=ExpandedNodeId(Identifier=0, NamespaceIndex=0, NodeIdType=<NodeIdType.TwoByte: 0>, NamespaceUri=None, ServerIndex=0)),

Why is TypeDefinition an empty ExpandedNodeId?

actually all if i dump them in a file:

    with open("nodes.txt", "w") as f:
        for node in server.iserver.aspace._nodes:
            f.write(f"NodeId: {node} \n")
            f.write(f"References: {server.iserver.aspace._nodes[node].references}\n")
            f.write(f"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n")

[AndreasHeine]

currently looking in:

opcua-asyncio/asyncua/common/instantiate_util.py

Line 15 in 750ef89

async def instantiate(parent, node_type, nodeid=None, bname=None, dname=None, idx=0, instantiate_optional=True):

[oroulet]

sending an emtpy/null NodeId make the server create a new nodeid. using the next free nodeid in that namespace.
This is not part of spec but an extension I implemented