How come the BaseObjectState is used to implement Role objects instead of the RoleState?

[DmitryFarberov]

I would've thought the RoleState class would've been used here, but it doesn't appear to be the case.

First of all, I would like a conformation that my findings are correct, and they are, I would like to know why it was implemented this way. And if I'm implementing custom Roles, should I use the BaseObjectState or RoleState?

Thank you.

[anderZubi]

Hello @DmitryFarberov ,
Could you implement custom roles? How did you do it? I'm struggling to figure it out.

Thanks

[DmitryFarberov]

It's been a while, so let me see if I remember this correctly. It wasn't all that easy or obvious, so here it goes. First of all, I added a Role Node Manager (all my Node Managers derive from CustomNodeManager2) and provided this override: public override void CreateAddressSpace(IDictionary<NodeId, IList<IReference>> externalReferences) { var accessControl = ConfigurationContext.OpcUaServerConfiguration.AccessControl; uint numericNodeId = 100000; foreach (var accessControlRole in accessControl.Roles) { if (accessControlRole.IsWellKnowwn) continue; accessControlRole.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); RoleState role = new RoleState(null) { NodeId = accessControlRole.NodeId, ReferenceTypeId = ReferenceTypeIds.HasComponent, TypeDefinitionId = ObjectTypeIds.RoleType, SymbolicName = "ConfiguredRole_" + accessControlRole.Name, BrowseName = accessControlRole.Name, DisplayName = accessControlRole.Name, WriteMask = AttributeWriteMask.None, UserWriteMask = AttributeWriteMask.None, EventNotifier = EventNotifiers.None }; PropertyState property = role.AddProperty<IdentityMappingRuleTypeCollection>("Identities", DataTypeIds.IdentityMappingRuleType, ValueRanks.OneDimension); property.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); property.ArrayDimensions = new ReadOnlyList<uint>(new List<uint>() {0}); property.MinimumSamplingInterval = 0; property = role.AddProperty<bool>("ApplicationsExclude", DataTypeIds.Boolean, ValueRanks.Scalar); property.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); property.Value = false; property.MinimumSamplingInterval = 0; property = role.AddProperty<StringCollection>("Applications", DataTypeIds.String, ValueRanks.OneDimension); property.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); property.ArrayDimensions = new ReadOnlyList<uint>(new List<uint>() {0}); property.MinimumSamplingInterval = 0; property = role.AddProperty<bool>("EndpointsExclude", DataTypeIds.Boolean, ValueRanks.Scalar); property.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); property.Value = false; property.MinimumSamplingInterval = 0; property = role.AddProperty<EndpointTypeCollection>("Endpoints", DataTypeIds.EndpointType, ValueRanks.OneDimension); property.NodeId = new NodeId(numericNodeId++, NamespaceIndex); property.ArrayDimensions = new ReadOnlyList<uint>(new List<uint>() {0}); property.MinimumSamplingInterval = 0; AddPredefinedNode(SystemContext, role); } } Also, in my main Server class derived from StandardServer I provided this override: protected override void OnNodeManagerStarted(IServerInternal server) { // allow base class processing to happen first. base.OnNodeManagerStarted(server); UapRoleNodeManager roleNodeManager = server.NodeManager?.NodeManagers.FirstOrDefault(m => m is UapRoleNodeManager) as UapRoleNodeManager; RoleSetState roleSet = server.ServerObject.ServerCapabilities.RoleSet; var accessControl = ConfigurationContext.OpcUaServerConfiguration.AccessControl; foreach (var accessControlRole in accessControl.Roles) { if (accessControlRole.IsWellKnowwn) continue; roleSet.AddReference(ReferenceTypeIds.HasComponent, false, accessControlRole.NodeId); } IList<IReference> references = new List<IReference>(); roleSet.GetReferences(server.DefaultSystemContext, references); foreach (var reference in references) { NodeId nodeId = new NodeId(reference.TargetId.Identifier, reference.TargetId.NamespaceIndex); INodeManager nodeManager; NodeHandle handle = server.NodeManager.GetManagerHandle(nodeId, out nodeManager) as NodeHandle; string typeName = handle.Node.GetType().Name; BaseObjectState roleObject = handle.Node as BaseObjectState; IList<IReference> roleReferences = new List<IReference>(); roleObject.GetReferences(server.DefaultSystemContext, roleReferences); } } HTH. 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