Match(UAQualifiedName) Method

A UAQualifiedName object. The qualified name to match against.

Because the UAQualifiedName has an implicit conversion from System.String, in languages that support implicit conversion operators (such as C# or VB.NET), you can simply use a string (representing the expanded text of the qualified name) in place of this parameter, and the corresponding OPC UA qualified name will be constructed automatically. When the implicit conversion operators are not supported (such as with Python.NET), you can use the UAQualifiedName Constructor(String) constructor instead.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Determines whether the qualified name matches another qualified name.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function Match( _
   ByVal other As UAQualifiedName _
) As Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As UAQualifiedName
Dim other As UAQualifiedName
Dim value As Boolean
 
value = instance.Match(other)

public bool Match( 
   UAQualifiedName other
)

public:
bool Match( 
   UAQualifiedName^ other
)

Parameters

other

A UAQualifiedName object. The qualified name to match against.

The value of this parameter cannot be null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Return Value

Returns true if two qualified names match; otherwise, returns false.

Exceptions

Exception Description

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentNullException	A `null` reference (`Nothing` in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument. This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

System.ArgumentNullException

A null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

This is a usage error, i.e. it will never occur (the exception will not be thrown) in a correctly written program. Your code should not catch this exception.

Remarks

For a match, names must equal, but namespaces must equal only if present in both qualified names.

This member or type is for use from COM. It is not meant to be used from .NET or Python. Refer to the corresponding .NET member or type instead, if you are developing in .NET or Python.

Requirements

Target Platforms: .NET Framework: Windows 10 (selected versions), Windows 11 (selected versions), Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2022; .NET: Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows

Reference

UAQualifiedName Class
UAQualifiedName Members
Overload List

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