Base class for Tango device access. More...

#include "tango.h"

Public Member Functions
Miscellaneous methods
virtual void	set_timeout_millis (int timeout)
	Set device timeout. More...

virtual int	get_timeout_millis ()
	Get device timeout. More...

int	get_idl_version ()
	Get device IDL version. More...

virtual Tango::DevSource	get_source ()
	Get device source. More...

virtual void	set_source (Tango::DevSource sou)
	Set device source. More...

virtual void	set_transparency_reconnection (bool val)
	Set device transparency (reconnection) mode. More...

virtual bool	get_transparency_reconnection ()
	Get device transparency (reconnection) mode. More...

Synchronous command oriented methods
virtual DeviceData	command_inout (string &cmd_name)
	Execute a command (without input data) More...

virtual DeviceData	command_inout (const char *cmd_name)
	Execute a command (without input data) More...

virtual DeviceData	command_inout (string &cmd_name, DeviceData &d_in)
	Execute a command (with input data) More...

virtual DeviceData	command_inout (const char *cmd_name, DeviceData &d_in)
	Execute a command (with input data) More...

Aynchronous command oriented methods
virtual long	command_inout_asynch (const char *cmd_name, DeviceData &argin, bool forget=false)
	Execute a command asynchronously (with input argument) More...

virtual long	command_inout_asynch (string &cmd_name, DeviceData &argin, bool forget=false)
	Execute a command asynchronously (with input argument) More...

virtual long	command_inout_asynch (const char *cmd_name, bool forget=false)
	Execute a command asynchronously. More...

virtual long	command_inout_asynch (string &cmd_name, bool forget=false)
	Execute a command asynchronously. More...

virtual DeviceData	command_inout_reply (long id)
	Check an asynchronous command_inout answer is arrived. More...

virtual DeviceData	command_inout_reply (long id, long timeout)
	Check an asynchronous command_inout answer is arrived with timeout. More...

virtual void	command_inout_asynch (string &cmd_name, CallBack &cb)
	Execute a command asynchronously with callback. More...

virtual void	command_inout_asynch (const char *cmd_name, CallBack &cb)
	Execute a command asynchronously with callback. More...

virtual void	command_inout_asynch (string &cmd_name, DeviceData &argin, CallBack &cb)
	Execute a command asynchronously with input value and callback. More...

virtual void	command_inout_asynch (const char *cmd_name, DeviceData &argin, CallBack &cb)
	Execute a command asynchronously with input value and callback. More...

Asynchronous attribute related methods
virtual void	get_asynch_replies ()
	Fire callback methods. More...

virtual void	get_asynch_replies (long timeout)
	Fire callback methds with timeout. More...

virtual void	cancel_asynch_request (long id)
	Cancel a pending asynchronous request. More...

virtual void	cancel_all_polling_asynch_request ()
	Cancel all pending asynchronous request. More...

Detailed Description

Base class for Tango device access.

Base class for Tango device access. This class is pure virtual and can be instantiated as is.

Author: taurel

Revision: 1

Member Function Documentation

◆ cancel_all_polling_asynch_request()

virtual void Connection::cancel_all_polling_asynch_request ( )

virtual

Cancel all pending asynchronous request.

Cancel all pending polling asynchronous requests. This is a call local to the client. It simply allows the caller not to get the answers of the asynchronous requests. It does not interrupt the call execution on the remote devices.

◆ cancel_asynch_request()

virtual void Connection::cancel_asynch_request ( long id )

virtual

Cancel a pending asynchronous request.

Cancel a pending asynchronous request. id is the asynchronous call identifier. This is a call local to the client. It simply allows the caller not to get the answer of the asynchronous request. It does not interrupt the call execution on the remote device.

Parameters

[in] id The call identifier

Exceptions

AsynCall

◆ command_inout() [1/4]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout ( const char * cmd_name )

inlinevirtual

Execute a command (without input data)

Execute a command on a device which takes no input arguments (void). The result is returned in a DeviceData object

Parameters

[in] cmd_name The command name

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed,CommunicationFailed,DeviceUnlocked,DevFailed from device

◆ command_inout() [2/4]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout	(	const char *	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	d_in
	)

inlinevirtual

Execute a command (with input data)

Execute a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object, output is returned as a DeviceData object.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	d_in	Command input data

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed,CommunicationFailed,DeviceUnlocked,DevFailed from device

◆ command_inout() [3/4]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout ( string & cmd_name )

virtual

Execute a command (without input data)

Execute a command on a device which takes no input arguments (void). The result is returned in a DeviceData object

Parameters

[in] cmd_name The command name

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed,CommunicationFailed,DeviceUnlocked,DevFailed from device

◆ command_inout() [4/4]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout	(	string &	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	d_in
	)

virtual

Execute a command (with input data)

Execute a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object, output is returned as a DeviceData object.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	d_in	Command input data

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed,CommunicationFailed,DeviceUnlocked,DevFailed from device

◆ command_inout_asynch() [1/8]

virtual long Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	const char *	cmd_name,
		bool	forget = `false`
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously.

Execute asynchronously (polling model) a command on a device which takes no input argument. The last argument is a fire and forget flag. If this flag is set to true, this means that the client does not care at all about the server answer and will even not try to get it. A false default value is provided. Please, note that device re-connection will not take place (in case it is needed) if the fire and forget mode is used. Therefore, an application using only fire and forget requests is not able to automatically re-connnect to device. This call returns an asynchronous call identifier which is needed to get the command result.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	forget	Fire and forget flag

Returns: The call identifier

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [2/8]

virtual void Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	const char *	cmd_name,
		CallBack &	cb
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously with callback.

Execute asynchronously (callback model) a command on a device which takes no input argument. The last argument is a reference to a callback object. This callback object should be an instance of a user class inheriting from the Tango::CallBack class with the cmd_ended() method overloaded.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	cb	The call-back object

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [3/8]

virtual long Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	const char *	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	argin,
		bool	forget = `false`
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously (with input argument)

Execute asynchronously (polling model) a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object (see following chapters on how to insert data into DeviceData object). The last argument is a fire and forget flag. If this flag is set to true, this means that the client does not care at all about the server answer and will even not try to get it. A false default value is provided. Please, note that device re-connection will not take place (in case it is needed) if the fire and forget mode is used. Therefore, an application using only fire and forget requests is not able to automatically re-connnect to device. This call returns an asynchronous call identifier which is needed to get the command result.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	argin	Command input data
[in]	forget	Fire and forget flag

Returns: The call identifier

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [4/8]

virtual void Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	const char *	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	argin,
		CallBack &	cb
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously with input value and callback.

Execute asynchronously (callback model) a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object (see following chapters on how to insert data into DeviceData object). The last argument is a reference to a callback object. This callback object should be an instance of a user class inheriting from the Tango::CallBack class with the cmd_ended() method overloaded.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	argin	The command input data
[in]	cb	The call-back object

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [5/8]

virtual long Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	string &	cmd_name,
		bool	forget = `false`
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously.

Execute asynchronously (polling model) a command on a device which takes no input argument. The last argument is a fire and forget flag. If this flag is set to true, this means that the client does not care at all about the server answer and will even not try to get it. A false default value is provided. Please, note that device re-connection will not take place (in case it is needed) if the fire and forget mode is used. Therefore, an application using only fire and forget requests is not able to automatically re-connnect to device. This call returns an asynchronous call identifier which is needed to get the command result.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	forget	Fire and forget flag

Returns: The call identifier

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [6/8]

virtual void Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	string &	cmd_name,
		CallBack &	cb
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously with callback.

Execute asynchronously (callback model) a command on a device which takes no input argument. The last argument is a reference to a callback object. This callback object should be an instance of a user class inheriting from the Tango::CallBack class with the cmd_ended() method overloaded.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	cb	The call-back object

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [7/8]

virtual long Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	string &	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	argin,
		bool	forget = `false`
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously (with input argument)

Execute asynchronously (polling model) a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object (see following chapters on how to insert data into DeviceData object). The last argument is a fire and forget flag. If this flag is set to true, this means that the client does not care at all about the server answer and will even not try to get it. A false default value is provided. Please, note that device re-connection will not take place (in case it is needed) if the fire and forget mode is used. Therefore, an application using only fire and forget requests is not able to automatically re-connnect to device. This call returns an asynchronous call identifier which is needed to get the command result.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	argin	Command input data
[in]	forget	Fire and forget flag

Returns: The call identifier

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_asynch() [8/8]

virtual void Connection::command_inout_asynch	(	string &	cmd_name,
		DeviceData &	argin,
		CallBack &	cb
	)

virtual

Execute a command asynchronously with input value and callback.

Execute asynchronously (callback model) a command on a device. Input arguments are passed in a DeviceData object (see following chapters on how to insert data into DeviceData object). The last argument is a reference to a callback object. This callback object should be an instance of a user class inheriting from the Tango::CallBack class with the cmd_ended() method overloaded.

Parameters

[in]	cmd_name	The command name
[in]	argin	The command input data
[in]	cb	The call-back object

Exceptions

ConnectionFailed

◆ command_inout_reply() [1/2]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout_reply ( long id )

virtual

Check an asynchronous command_inout answer is arrived.

Check if the answer of an asynchronous command_inout is arrived (polling model). id is the asynchronous call identifier. If the reply is arrived and if it is a valid reply, it is returned to the caller in a DeviceData object. If the reply is an exception, it is re-thrown by this call. An exception is also thrown in case of the reply is not yet arrived. Example :

Tango::DeviceProxy dev("...");
long asyn_id;
asyn_id = dev.command_inout_asynch("MyCmd");
...
...
...
Tango::DeviceData arg;
try
{
   arg = dev.command_inout_reply(asyn_id);
}
catch(Tango::AsynReplyNotArrived)
{
   cerr << "Command not arrived !" << endl;
}
catch (Tango::DevFailed &e)
{
   Tango::Except::print_exception(e);
}

Parameters

[in] id The call identifier

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

AsynCall,AsynReplyNotArrived,CommunicationFailed,DevFailed from device

◆ command_inout_reply() [2/2]

virtual DeviceData Connection::command_inout_reply	(	long	id,
		long	timeout
	)

virtual

Check an asynchronous command_inout answer is arrived with timeout.

Check if the answer of an asynchronous command_inout is arrived (polling model). id is the asynchronous call identifier. If the reply is arrived and if it is a valid reply, it is returned to the caller in a DeviceData object. If the reply is an exception, it is re-thrown by this call. If the reply is not yet arrived, the call will wait (blocking the process) for the time specified in timeout. If after timeout milliseconds, the reply is still not there, an exception is thrown. If timeout is set to 0, the call waits until the reply arrived.

Parameters

[in]	id	The call identifier 8
[in]	timeout	The timeout value

Returns: The command result

Exceptions

AsynCall,AsynReplyNotArrived,CommunicationFailed,DevFailed from device

◆ get_asynch_replies() [1/2]

virtual void Connection::get_asynch_replies ( )

virtual

Fire callback methods.

Fire callback methods for device asynchronous requests with already arrived replied. Returns immediately if there is no replies already arrived or if there is no asynchronous request for the device. Example :

class MyCallBack: Tango::CallBack
{
public:
   MyCallback(double d):data(d) {};
   virtual void cmd_ended(Tango::CmdDoneEvent *);
private:
   double data;
};
 
void MyCallBack::cmd_ended(Tango CmdDoneEvent *cmd)
{
   if (cmd->err == true)
      Tango::Except::print_error_stack(cmd->errors);
   else
   {
      short cmd_result;
      cmd->argout >> cmd_result;
      cout << "Command result = " << cmd_result << endl;
      cout << "Callback personal data = " << data << endl;
   }
}
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   ....
   ....
   Tango::DeviceProxy dev("...");
   double my_data = ...;
   MyCallBack cb(my_data);
   ...
   dev.command_inout_asynch("MyCmd",cb);
   ...
   ...
   ...
   dev.get_asynch_replies();
   ...
   ...
}

◆ get_asynch_replies() [2/2]

virtual void Connection::get_asynch_replies ( long timeout )

virtual

Fire callback methds with timeout.

Fire callback methods for device asynchronous requests (command and attributes) with already arrived replied. Wait and block the caller for timeout milliseconds if they are some device asynchronous requests which are not yet arrived. Returns immediately if there is no asynchronous request for the device. If timeout is set to 0, the call waits until all the asynchronous requests sent to the device has received a reply.

Parameters

[in] timeout The timeout value

◆ get_idl_version()

int Connection::get_idl_version ( )

inline

Get device IDL version.

Get the version of the Tango Device IDL interface implemented by the device

Returns: The device IDL version

◆ get_source()

virtual Tango::DevSource Connection::get_source ( )

virtual

Get device source.

Get the device data source used by command_inout or read_attribute methods. The DevSource is an enumerated type which can be one of {DEV, CACHE, CACHE_DEV}. See chapter on Advanced Feature in Tango book for all details regarding polling.

Returns: The device source flag

◆ get_timeout_millis()

virtual int Connection::get_timeout_millis ( )

virtual

Get device timeout.

Get the client side timeout in milliseconds.

Returns: The device timeout (in mS)

◆ get_transparency_reconnection()

virtual bool Connection::get_transparency_reconnection ( )

inlinevirtual

Get device transparency (reconnection) mode.

Returns the transparency reconnection flag. See Reconnection and exception for more details on reconnection and exception

Returns: The device transparency flag

◆ set_source()

virtual void Connection::set_source ( Tango::DevSource sou )

virtual

Set device source.

Set the data source (device, polling buffer, polling buffer than device) for command_inout and read_attribute methods. The DevSource is an enumerated type which can be one of {DEV, CACHE, CACHE_DEV}. The default value is CACHE_DEV. See chapter on Advanced Feature for all details regarding polling

Parameters

[in] sou The device source

◆ set_timeout_millis()

virtual void Connection::set_timeout_millis ( int timeout )

virtual

Set device timeout.

Set client side timeout for device in milliseconds. Any method which takes longer than this time to execute will throw an exception.

Parameters

[in] timeout The timeout value in mS

◆ set_transparency_reconnection()

virtual void Connection::set_transparency_reconnection ( bool val )

inlinevirtual

Set device transparency (reconnection) mode.

If flag is true, no exception will be thrown in case of network communication error between client and server. The API will try to re-build the network connection between client and server as soon as an error is detected. See Reconnection and exception for more details on reconnection and exception

Parameters

[in] val The device transparency flag

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

Connection.h
devapi.h

Public Member Functions

Asynchronous attribute related methods

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ cancel_all_polling_asynch_request()

◆ cancel_asynch_request()

◆ command_inout() [1/4]

◆ command_inout() [2/4]

◆ command_inout() [3/4]

◆ command_inout() [4/4]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [1/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [2/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [3/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [4/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [5/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [6/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [7/8]

◆ command_inout_asynch() [8/8]

◆ command_inout_reply() [1/2]

◆ command_inout_reply() [2/2]

◆ get_asynch_replies() [1/2]

◆ get_asynch_replies() [2/2]

◆ get_idl_version()

◆ get_source()

◆ get_timeout_millis()

◆ get_transparency_reconnection()

◆ set_source()

◆ set_timeout_millis()

◆ set_transparency_reconnection()