# OPC UA Object Types

OPC UA object types define class like structures in OPC UA namespace that can be instantiated and added to the server address space.

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For more information on OPC UA Object Types, see the [OPC Foundation Reference](https://reference.opcfoundation.org/v104/Core/docs/Part3/5.5.2/).
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It is possible to create an instance of an object type by using the resource type `Cybus::Node::OpcuaObject`

## Service Commissioning File Example

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```yaml
---
description: demo for OPC UA objecttype nodes

metadata:
  name: OPC UA Objecttypes demo

resources:
  opcuaServer:
    type: Cybus::Server::Opcua
    properties:
      hostname: 192.168.178.46
      securityModes: ['None', 'SignAndEncrypt']
      nodesetFiles: ['di', 'machinery', 'ia', 'machineTool']
      securityPolicies: ['None', 'Basic256Sha256']
      allowAnonymous: true
      port: 4841

  parentNodeRoot:
    type: Cybus::Node::Opcua
    properties:
      parent: !ref opcuaServer
      browseName: cybus
      nodeId: ns=1;s=cybus
      nodeType: Object

  #######################################################
  #
  # Sample of an insance of an
  # machine tool type. The type "MachineToolType" is
  # defined in the MachineTool Umati namespace
  #
  #######################################################
  testMachineToolType:
    type: Cybus::Node::OpcuaObject
    properties:
      parent: !ref parentNodeRoot
      browseName: MyMachineToolTypeTest
      objectTypeName: MachineToolType
      sourceNamespaceUrl: 'http://opcfoundation.org/UA/MachineTool/'
```

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## Output Format

The server provides the structure of the object types and its values as a JSON structure as the example:

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```yaml
{
  'ObjectTypeSample':
    {
      '_children':
        {
          'OperationMode':
            {
              '_children':
                {
                  'ChildExample':
                    { '_children': {}, '_metadata': { 'nodeClass': 'Variable', 'dataType': 'Int64' }, '_value': '1883344340925958233434349340394' },
                },
            },
          '_metadata': { 'nodeClass': 'Variable', 'dataType': 'Int32' },
          '_value': 0,
        },
    },
  '_metadata': { 'nodeClass': 'Object' },
}
```

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| \_metadata | contains all metadata on a node. The nodeclass corresponds to the node-opcua Nodeclass enum documented here: <http://node-opcua.github.io/api_doc/2.0.0/enums/nodeclass.html>> On nodes of type “Variable” the dataType entry indicates the OPC UA native data type documented here: <http://node-opcua.github.io/api_doc/2.0.0/enums/datatype.html>> |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \_children | contains child objects in the OPC UA object tree                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| \_value    | contains the plain serialized value as JSON                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

## Writing Updates

Writing updates to the OPC UA object type can be achieved by publishing to the \<ObjectNodeName>/write topic. The same JSON structure can be used with updated data in the \_value items. For data updates on U/INT64 please review the section on BigInt datatypes in OPC UA Server documentation. It is not necessary to update the complete structure. You can also only write a JSON structure that contains the direct value update. To update all values for the example structure above, only the following structure would be required:

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```yaml
{ 'ObjectTypeSample': { '_children': { 'OperationMode': { '_children': { 'ChildExample': { '_value': '50000000000000' } }, '_value': 10 } } } }
```

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