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# RtecEventData Struct Reference

User defined Event Data. More...

`import "RtecDefaultEventData.idl";`

List of all members.

## Public Attributes
long | pad1
| Add padding to align the octet sequence contents. More...
EventPayload | payload
| Octet sequence payload. More...
any | any_value
| Use a CORBA any type as payload. More...

## Detailed Description

User defined Event Data.

This structure defines the default payload in TAO's Real-time Event Service.

Users wanting maximum flexibility can use an Any, users that only have one type of event may use structures, other users may preffer union, trying to strike a balance between performance and flexibility. Users willing to implement their own marshalling may use a sequence of octets.

The Event Service is completely transparent as to the contents of this structure.

## Member Data Documentation

any RtecEventData::any_value

| Use a CORBA any type as payload.

long RtecEventData::pad1

| Add padding to align the octet sequence contents. This fields ensures that the contents of the octet sequence following are always aligned to an 8-byte boundary. Such alignment allows application developers to implement custom demarshaling from the octet sequence without requiring any data copies. This is how this works: The last field in the header is an 8-byte unsigned long, hence the header finishes on an 8 byte boundary. The pad1 long has 4 bytes. The length in the octet sequence adds another 4 bytes. Thus the data in the octet sequence starts on an 8 bytes boundary too.

EventPayload RtecEventData::payload

| Octet sequence payload. This is the payload used more often by high-performance applications.

The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

- RtecDefaultEventData.idl