fix(abcip): decode real @udt template buffers; browse STRINGs as String, hide BOOL hosts

Live read-only check against production CompactLogix 5069-L320ERS2 rev 34.11 presses
(Z-35162 / 10.209.70.160): every @udt/<id> template the controller returned decoded to
null, so controller-discovered UDTs never fanned out. The decoder assumed a 12-byte
header led by the member count and [info][array][offset] blocks with ';'-terminated
names; libplctag actually returns a 14-byte header (u16 id, u32 def words, u32 instance
size, u16 member count, u16 handle), [info][type][offset] blocks, and NUL-terminated
names after a 'Name;<tail>' type name. All three test builders restated the old
assumption, so the unit suite agreed with itself (the #468 trap again); they now share a
TemplateBufferBuilder pinned by real captures (CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests).

Discovery follow-ons that the working decoder exposed:
- STRING (and user string types, LEN DINT + DATA SINT[n]) browse as one String variable,
  top-level and nested, not as a LEN/DATA folder.
- Controller-generated members (ZZZZZZZZZZ* BOOL hosts, __* AOI backing) are not browsed.
- A UDT array is not fanned out into element-free Tag.Member paths.
This commit is contained in:
Joseph Doherty
2026-10-07 14:04:11 -04:00
parent e3d7a8f071
commit 3b48e05e9a
8 changed files with 428 additions and 224 deletions
@@ -1285,6 +1285,11 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
// bogus single Structure → String placeholder Variable. When the shape can't be
// resolved (or yields no emittable leaf) we fall through to the legacy single
// Variable so nothing regresses.
// Review I-1 — a discovered array of length 1 is still an array; honour the
// explicit IsArray flag (legacy ElementCount > 1 still surfaces as an array).
var discoveredIsArray = discovered.IsArray || discovered.ElementCount > 1;
var discoveredType = discovered.DataType;
if (discovered.DataType == AbCipDataType.Structure)
{
// Pass the discovered tag's CIP template instance id (surfaced by the Symbol
@@ -1294,7 +1299,14 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
var shape = await ResolveDiscoveredUdtShapeAsync(
device.HostAddress, discovered.Name, discovered.TemplateInstanceId, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (shape is not null)
if (shape is { IsStringFamily: true })
{
// A controller reports every STRING (built-in or a user string type such as
// STR0016) as a LEN + DATA struct. It is one String value — the read path reads
// it as such — so it becomes one String Variable, never a LEN/DATA folder.
discoveredType = AbCipDataType.String;
}
else if (shape is not null && !discoveredIsArray)
{
// Materialise the member sub-folder LAZILY — only once a leaf is actually
// about to be emitted into it. A shape that yields no usable atomic leaf
@@ -1313,12 +1325,9 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
}
if (!emitted.Add(fullName)) continue;
// Review I-1 — a discovered array of length 1 is still an array; honour the
// explicit IsArray flag (legacy ElementCount > 1 still surfaces as an array).
var discoveredIsArray = discovered.IsArray || discovered.ElementCount > 1;
discoveredFolder.Variable(fullName, discovered.Name, new DriverAttributeInfo(
FullName: fullName,
DriverDataType: discovered.DataType.ToDriverDataType(),
DriverDataType: discoveredType.ToDriverDataType(),
IsArray: discoveredIsArray,
ArrayDim: discoveredIsArray ? (uint)Math.Max(1, discovered.ElementCount) : null,
SecurityClass: discovered.ReadOnly
@@ -1327,12 +1336,24 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
IsHistorized: false,
IsAlarm: false,
WriteIdempotent: false,
NativeDataType: discovered.DataType.ToString()));
NativeDataType: discoveredType.ToString()));
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// <c>true</c> for a UDT member the controller generates rather than the user declares: the
/// hidden SINT/DINT hosts Logix packs BOOL members into (<c>ZZZZZZZZZZAlarms0</c>) and AOI
/// backing members (<c>__BitHost00</c>). A user-declared Logix name can never begin with two
/// underscores, so neither rule can hide a real member.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="memberName">The member name from the template.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c> when the member is controller-generated.</returns>
internal static bool IsHiddenUdtMember(string memberName) =>
memberName.StartsWith("ZZZZZZZZZZ", StringComparison.Ordinal)
|| memberName.StartsWith("__", StringComparison.Ordinal);
/// <summary>
/// Recursively fan a controller-discovered UDT shape out into Variable nodes — one per
/// ATOMIC leaf — under the folder produced by <paramref name="folder"/>. Mirrors the
@@ -1381,37 +1402,50 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
var anyEmitted = false;
foreach (var member in shape.Members)
{
if (IsHiddenUdtMember(member.Name)) continue;
var memberFullName = $"{parentFullName}.{member.Name}";
var leafType = member.DataType;
if (member.DataType == AbCipDataType.Structure)
{
// Nested struct: recurse into its sub-shape if it resolves, the depth cap allows it,
// and we're not re-entering a struct already on this path (cycle guard). The nested
// members live a level deeper, so the cap is checked against depth + 1.
if (depth + 1 > MaxUdtDepth) continue;
if (!visited.Add(member.Name)) continue; // cyclic UDT reference — stop here
// The decoded parent shape carries the nested UDT's template instance id (low 12 bits of the
// member info, captured by CipTemplateObjectDecoder) — thread it so the nested shape is fetched
// off the controller via FetchUdtShapeAsync, making nested-struct members addressable in
// production (name-keyed seeded shapes still win first, for the test seam).
// Nested struct: resolve its sub-shape first. The decoded parent shape carries the nested
// UDT's template instance id (low 12 bits of the member type word, captured by
// CipTemplateObjectDecoder) — thread it so the nested shape is fetched off the controller
// via FetchUdtShapeAsync (name-keyed seeded shapes still win first, for the test seam).
var nested = await ResolveDiscoveredUdtShapeAsync(
deviceHostAddress, member.Name, templateInstanceId: member.NestedTemplateId, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (nested is not null)
if (nested is { IsStringFamily: true })
{
// Materialise the nested sub-folder lazily under the parent folder (itself lazy),
// so a nested struct that yields no leaf leaves no empty sub-folder behind.
var parentFolder = folder;
var nestedFolder = new Lazy<IAddressSpaceBuilder>(
() => parentFolder.Value.Folder(memberFullName, member.Name));
var nestedEmitted = await FanOutDiscoveredUdtMembersAsync(
nestedFolder, deviceHostAddress, memberFullName, nested, parentReadOnly,
depth + 1, emitted, visited, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
anyEmitted |= nestedEmitted;
// A nested STRING (or user string type) member is one String leaf, not LEN + DATA.
leafType = AbCipDataType.String;
}
else
{
// An array of a UDT has no element-free member path (Parent.Arr.X names no element),
// so it is not recursed into. Otherwise recurse if the depth cap allows it and we're
// not re-entering a struct already on this path (cycle guard). The nested members
// live a level deeper, so the cap is checked against depth + 1.
if (member.ArrayLength > 1) continue;
if (depth + 1 > MaxUdtDepth) continue;
if (!visited.Add(member.Name)) continue; // cyclic UDT reference — stop here
if (nested is not null)
{
// Materialise the nested sub-folder lazily under the parent folder (itself lazy),
// so a nested struct that yields no leaf leaves no empty sub-folder behind.
var parentFolder = folder;
var nestedFolder = new Lazy<IAddressSpaceBuilder>(
() => parentFolder.Value.Folder(memberFullName, member.Name));
var nestedEmitted = await FanOutDiscoveredUdtMembersAsync(
nestedFolder, deviceHostAddress, memberFullName, nested, parentReadOnly,
depth + 1, emitted, visited, cancellationToken)
.ConfigureAwait(false);
anyEmitted |= nestedEmitted;
}
visited.Remove(member.Name);
continue;
}
visited.Remove(member.Name);
continue;
}
// Atomic leaf — emit one Variable. Dedup by full-name within the Discovered folder.
@@ -1420,7 +1454,7 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
var memberIsArray = member.ArrayLength > 1;
folder.Value.Variable(member.Name, member.Name, new DriverAttributeInfo(
FullName: memberFullName,
DriverDataType: member.DataType.ToDriverDataType(),
DriverDataType: leafType.ToDriverDataType(),
IsArray: memberIsArray,
ArrayDim: memberIsArray ? (uint)Math.Max(1, member.ArrayLength) : null,
// The Symbol Object carries no per-member ExternalAccess bits, so members inherit the
@@ -1431,7 +1465,7 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriver : IDriver, IReadable, IWritable, ITagDiscovery,
IsHistorized: false,
IsAlarm: false,
WriteIdempotent: false,
NativeDataType: member.DataType.ToString()));
NativeDataType: leafType.ToString()));
anyEmitted = true;
}
@@ -57,7 +57,19 @@ public sealed class AbCipTemplateCache
public sealed record AbCipUdtShape(
string TypeName,
int TotalSize,
IReadOnlyList<AbCipUdtMember> Members);
IReadOnlyList<AbCipUdtMember> Members)
{
/// <summary>
/// <c>true</c> when the shape is a Logix string-family type — the built-in <c>STRING</c> or
/// a user string type such as <c>STR0016</c>: exactly a <c>LEN</c> DINT at offset 0 and a
/// <c>DATA</c> SINT array at offset 4. A controller reports every string tag as a struct of
/// this shape, but it is read and presented as one String value, never as LEN + DATA leaves.
/// </summary>
public bool IsStringFamily =>
Members.Count == 2
&& Members[0] is { Name: "LEN", DataType: AbCipDataType.DInt, Offset: 0 }
&& Members[1] is { Name: "DATA", DataType: AbCipDataType.SInt, Offset: 4, ArrayLength: > 1 };
}
/// <summary>One member of a Logix UDT.</summary>
/// <param name="Name">Member name as reported by the Template Object.</param>
@@ -4,103 +4,101 @@ using System.Text;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
/// <summary>
/// Decoder for the CIP Template Object (class 0x6C) blob returned by a <c>Read Template</c>
/// service. Produces an <see cref="AbCipUdtShape"/> describing the UDT's name, total size,
/// + ordered member list with per-member offset + type + array length.
/// Decoder for the UDT template buffer libplctag returns for an <c>@udt/&lt;id&gt;</c> tag (CIP
/// Template Object, class 0x6C). Produces an <see cref="AbCipUdtShape"/> describing the UDT's
/// name, total size, + ordered member list with per-member offset + type + array length.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>Wire format per Rockwell CIP Vol 1 §5A + Logix 5000 CIP Programming Manual
/// 1756-PM019 §"Template Object", cross-checked against libplctag's <c>ab/cip.c</c>
/// <c>handle_read_template_reply</c>:</para>
/// <para>The layout below is what libplctag hands back from <c>Tag.GetBuffer()</c> — its own
/// header followed by the controller's Read Template reply — matching libplctag's
/// <c>list_tags_logix</c> example and pinned by real captures in
/// <c>CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests</c> (CompactLogix 5069-L320ERS2 rev 34.11). An earlier
/// version assumed a 12-byte header led by the member count and <c>[info][array][offset]</c>
/// blocks; every real buffer decoded to <c>null</c> under that assumption.</para>
///
/// <para>Header (fixed-size, little-endian):</para>
/// <para>Header (14 bytes, little-endian):</para>
/// <list type="table">
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Member count.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Struct handle (opaque id).</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Template instance id.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u32</term><description>Member-definition size in 32-bit words — not used here.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u32</term><description>Instance size — bytes per structure instance.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u32</term><description>Member-definition total size — not used here.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Member count.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Struct handle (opaque).</description></item>
/// </list>
///
/// <para>Then <c>member_count</c> member blocks (8 bytes each):</para>
/// <list type="table">
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Member info — type code + flags (same encoding
/// as Symbol Object: bit 15 = struct, lower 12 = CIP type code).</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Array size — 0 for scalar members.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u32</term><description>Struct offset — byte offset from struct start.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Info — the array length for an array member, the bit
/// number for a BOOL packed into a host integer, otherwise 0.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u16</term><description>Type — bit 15 = struct, bit 13 = array, low 12 bits =
/// CIP atomic type code, or for a struct the nested template instance id.</description></item>
/// <item><term>u32</term><description>Byte offset from the struct start.</description></item>
/// </list>
///
/// <para>Then strings: UDT name followed by each member name, each terminated by a
/// semicolon <c>;</c> followed by a null <c>\0</c>. The UDT name may itself contain the
/// sequence <c>UDTName;0\0</c> where <c>0</c> after the semicolon is an ASCII flag byte.
/// Decoder trims to the first semicolon.</para>
/// <para>Then the strings: the UDT name terminated by <c>;</c> (followed by an encoded tail that
/// runs to a NUL — discarded), then each member name terminated by a NUL. Anything after the
/// last member name is ignored.</para>
/// </remarks>
public static class CipTemplateObjectDecoder
{
private const int HeaderSize = 12; // u16 + u16 + u32 + u32
private const int MemberBlockSize = 8; // u16 + u16 + u32
private const int HeaderSize = 14; // u16 id + u32 def size + u32 instance size + u16 count + u16 handle
private const int MemberBlockSize = 8; // u16 info + u16 type + u32 offset
private const ushort MemberInfoStructFlag = 0x8000;
private const ushort MemberInfoTypeCodeMask = 0x0FFF;
private const ushort TypeStructFlag = 0x8000;
private const ushort TypeArrayFlag = 0x2000;
private const ushort TypeCodeMask = 0x0FFF;
/// <summary>
/// Decode the raw Template Object blob. Returns <c>null</c> when the header indicates
/// zero members or the buffer is too short to hold the fixed header.
/// Decode the raw template buffer. Returns <c>null</c> when the header indicates zero
/// members or the buffer is too short to hold the header + member blocks + type name.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="buffer">The raw Template Object buffer to decode.</param>
/// <param name="buffer">The raw template buffer to decode.</param>
/// <returns>An AbCipUdtShape describing the structure, or null if decoding fails.</returns>
public static AbCipUdtShape? Decode(byte[] buffer)
{
ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(buffer);
if (buffer.Length < HeaderSize) return null;
var memberCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(0));
// bytes 2-3: struct handle — opaque, not needed for the shape record
var instanceSize = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(4));
// bytes 8-11: member-definition total size — inferred from names list instead
// bytes 0-1: template instance id; bytes 2-5: definition size in words — neither needed.
var instanceSize = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(6));
var memberCount = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(10));
// bytes 12-13: struct handle — opaque.
if (memberCount == 0) return null;
var memberBlocksOffset = HeaderSize;
var namesOffset = memberBlocksOffset + MemberBlockSize * memberCount;
var namesOffset = HeaderSize + (MemberBlockSize * memberCount);
if (namesOffset > buffer.Length) return null;
var stringsSpan = buffer.AsSpan(namesOffset);
var names = ParseSemicolonTerminatedStrings(stringsSpan);
if (names.Count == 0) return null;
// Strings layout: UDT name first, then one per member (in the same order as the
// member-info blocks). Always consume the first entry as the UDT name; missing
// trailing member names get <member_N> placeholders below.
var udtName = names[0];
var memberNames = names.Skip(1).ToArray();
var strings = ParseTemplateStrings(buffer.AsSpan(namesOffset), memberCount);
if (strings.Count == 0) return null;
var udtName = strings[0];
var members = new List<AbCipUdtMember>(memberCount);
for (var i = 0; i < memberCount; i++)
{
var blockOffset = memberBlocksOffset + (i * MemberBlockSize);
var blockOffset = HeaderSize + (i * MemberBlockSize);
var info = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(blockOffset));
var arraySize = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(blockOffset + 2));
var type = BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt16LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(blockOffset + 2));
var offset = (int)BinaryPrimitives.ReadUInt32LittleEndian(buffer.AsSpan(blockOffset + 4));
var isStruct = (info & MemberInfoStructFlag) != 0;
// Scalar path only — Rockwell primitive type codes (0xC1-0xD0) fit a byte. Do NOT use for a
// struct member: a nested template id can exceed a byte (see nestedTemplateId below).
var typeCode = (byte)(info & MemberInfoTypeCodeMask);
var isStruct = (type & TypeStructFlag) != 0;
var isArray = (type & TypeArrayFlag) != 0;
// Atomic CIP type codes (0xC1-0xD0) fit a byte; for a struct the low 12 bits are the nested
// template id, which can exceed a byte, so it is taken from the full 12-bit mask below.
var dataType = isStruct
? AbCipDataType.Structure
: (CipSymbolObjectDecoder.MapTypeCode(typeCode) ?? AbCipDataType.Structure);
: (CipSymbolObjectDecoder.MapTypeCode((byte)(type & TypeCodeMask)) ?? AbCipDataType.Structure);
var nestedTemplateId = isStruct ? (uint?)(type & TypeCodeMask) : null;
// For a struct member the low 12 bits are the nested UDT's template instance id (same encoding as the
// Symbol Object), NOT a primitive type code — capture it so the nested shape can be fetched. Use the
// FULL 12-bit mask (not the byte-cast typeCode, which truncates a 12-bit id).
var nestedTemplateId = isStruct ? (uint?)(info & MemberInfoTypeCodeMask) : null;
// info is the element count only for an array member; for a BOOL it is the bit number,
// which must never be read as a length.
var arrayLength = isArray && info > 0 ? info : 1;
var memberName = i < memberNames.Length ? memberNames[i] : $"<member_{i}>";
var memberName = i + 1 < strings.Count ? strings[i + 1] : $"<member_{i}>";
members.Add(new AbCipUdtMember(
Name: memberName,
Offset: offset,
DataType: dataType,
ArrayLength: arraySize == 0 ? 1 : arraySize,
ArrayLength: arrayLength,
NestedTemplateId: nestedTemplateId));
}
@@ -111,41 +109,30 @@ public static class CipTemplateObjectDecoder
}
/// <summary>
/// Walk a span of <c>NAME;\0NAME;\0…</c> byte sequences. Splits at each semicolon —
/// the null byte after each semicolon is optional padding per Rockwell's string
/// encoding convention. Stops at a trailing null / end of buffer.
/// Split the template string section into the UDT name (cut at its first <c>;</c>) followed
/// by up to <paramref name="memberCount"/> NUL-terminated member names. Stops at the end of
/// the buffer; trailing bytes past the last member name are ignored.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="span">The byte span containing semicolon-terminated strings.</param>
/// <returns>List of parsed strings, one per name in the span.</returns>
internal static List<string> ParseSemicolonTerminatedStrings(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span)
/// <param name="span">The string section, starting right after the last member block.</param>
/// <param name="memberCount">Member names to read after the UDT name.</param>
/// <returns>The UDT name followed by the member names found.</returns>
internal static List<string> ParseTemplateStrings(ReadOnlySpan<byte> span, int memberCount)
{
var result = new List<string>();
var start = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < span.Length; i++)
var result = new List<string>(memberCount + 1);
var pos = 0;
while (pos < span.Length && result.Count < memberCount + 1)
{
var b = span[i];
if (b == ';')
var nul = span[pos..].IndexOf((byte)0);
var end = nul < 0 ? span.Length : pos + nul;
var raw = span[pos..end];
if (result.Count == 0)
{
if (i > start)
result.Add(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(span[start..i]));
// Skip the optional null/space padding following the semicolon.
while (i + 1 < span.Length && (span[i + 1] == '\0' || span[i + 1] == ' '))
i++;
start = i + 1;
// The type name carries an encoded tail after ';' ("STRING;nEAIA").
var semi = raw.IndexOf((byte)';');
if (semi >= 0) raw = raw[..semi];
}
else if (b == 0 && start == i)
{
// Trailing null at a string boundary — done.
break;
}
}
// Trailing name without a semicolon (unlikely but observed on some firmwares).
if (start < span.Length)
{
var zeroAt = span[start..].IndexOf((byte)0);
var end = zeroAt < 0 ? span.Length : start + zeroAt;
if (end > start)
result.Add(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(span[start..end]));
result.Add(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(raw));
pos = end + 1;
}
return result;
}
@@ -603,6 +603,110 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriverDiscoveryTests
cache.Count.ShouldBe(0);
}
// ---- real-controller shapes (captures from a CompactLogix 5069-L320ERS2 rev 34.11) ----
private static async Task<RecordingBuilder> DiscoverWithTemplatesAsync(
Dictionary<uint, byte[]> templates, params AbCipDiscoveredTag[] tags)
{
var builder = new RecordingBuilder();
var readers = new IdKeyedTemplateReaderFactory();
foreach (var (id, blob) in templates) readers.Templates[id] = blob;
var drv = new AbCipDriver(new AbCipDriverOptions
{
Devices = [new AbCipDeviceOptions("ab://10.0.0.5/1,0")],
EnableControllerBrowse = true,
}, "drv-1", enumeratorFactory: new FakeEnumeratorFactory(tags), templateReaderFactory: readers);
await drv.InitializeAsync("{}", CancellationToken.None);
await drv.DiscoverAsync(builder, CancellationToken.None);
return builder;
}
/// <summary>
/// A controller reports every STRING tag as a struct (symbol type 0x8FCE → template 0x0FCE,
/// LEN + DATA). Browse must present it as the one String value it is — the read path already
/// reads it as a String — not as a folder holding a DINT and an SINT[82].
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task Discovered_STRING_struct_emits_one_String_variable_not_LEN_and_DATA()
{
var builder = await DiscoverWithTemplatesAsync(
new() { [0x0FCE] = Convert.FromHexString(CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests.StringTemplate) },
new AbCipDiscoveredTag("WW_WorkOrderNum", null, AbCipDataType.Structure, ReadOnly: false,
TemplateInstanceId: 0x0FCE));
var v = builder.Variables.ShouldHaveSingleItem();
v.Info.FullName.ShouldBe("WW_WorkOrderNum");
v.Info.DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.String);
v.Info.IsArray.ShouldBeFalse();
builder.Folders.ShouldNotContain(f => f.BrowseName == "WW_WorkOrderNum");
}
/// <summary>A nested STRING member of a UDT is one String leaf, addressable as Parent.Member.</summary>
[Fact]
public async Task Nested_STRING_member_emits_a_String_leaf()
{
var builder = await DiscoverWithTemplatesAsync(
new()
{
[3386] = Convert.FromHexString(CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests.LookupMemberTemplate),
[0x0FCE] = Convert.FromHexString(CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests.StringTemplate),
},
new AbCipDiscoveredTag("Lookup", null, AbCipDataType.Structure, ReadOnly: false,
TemplateInstanceId: 3386));
var byName = builder.Variables.ToDictionary(v => v.Info.FullName, v => v.Info);
byName.Keys.ShouldBe(["Lookup.Code", "Lookup.Desc", "Lookup.DataType", "Lookup.Lock"], ignoreOrder: true);
byName["Lookup.Desc"].DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.String);
byName["Lookup.Code"].DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.Int32);
}
/// <summary>
/// Logix packs BOOL members into hidden host integers (<c>ZZZZZZZZZZAlarms0</c>) and AOIs carry
/// <c>__BitHost00</c>-style backing members. Neither is user data, and a Logix name can never
/// contain a double underscore, so both are dropped from the browse.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task Hidden_BOOL_host_members_are_not_browsed()
{
var alarms = TemplateBufferBuilder.Build("Alarms", 4,
("ZZZZZZZZZZAlarms0", 0xC2, 0, 0),
("_00", 0xC1, 0, 0),
("__BitHost00", 0xC4, 0, 0));
var builder = await DiscoverWithTemplatesAsync(
new() { [3425] = alarms },
new AbCipDiscoveredTag("Alarms", null, AbCipDataType.Structure, ReadOnly: false,
TemplateInstanceId: 3425));
builder.Variables.Select(v => v.Info.FullName).ShouldBe(["Alarms._00"]);
}
/// <summary>
/// An ARRAY of a UDT is not fanned out into <c>Tag.Member</c> leaves — those paths name no
/// element and every read of them would fail. An array of STRING is a String array.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public async Task Discovered_struct_arrays_do_not_fan_out_and_STRING_arrays_are_String_arrays()
{
var udt = TemplateBufferBuilder.Build("Rec", 8, ("A", 0xC4, 0, 0), ("B", 0xCA, 0, 4));
var builder = await DiscoverWithTemplatesAsync(
new()
{
[0x0FCE] = Convert.FromHexString(CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests.StringTemplate),
[0x55] = udt,
},
new AbCipDiscoveredTag("arrMessages", null, AbCipDataType.Structure, ReadOnly: false,
ElementCount: 50, IsArray: true, TemplateInstanceId: 0x0FCE),
new AbCipDiscoveredTag("Stored", null, AbCipDataType.Structure, ReadOnly: false,
ElementCount: 255, IsArray: true, TemplateInstanceId: 0x55));
builder.Variables.ShouldNotContain(v => v.Info.FullName.StartsWith("Stored."));
var messages = builder.Variables.Single(v => v.Info.FullName == "arrMessages").Info;
messages.DriverDataType.ShouldBe(DriverDataType.String);
messages.IsArray.ShouldBeTrue();
messages.ArrayDim.ShouldBe(50u);
}
// ---- helpers ----
/// <summary>Test implementation of IAddressSpaceBuilder that records calls.</summary>
@@ -714,34 +818,11 @@ public sealed class AbCipDriverDiscoveryTests
}
/// <summary>
/// Build a minimal CIP Template Object blob <see cref="CipTemplateObjectDecoder"/> can decode
/// into an <see cref="AbCipUdtShape"/>. Mirrors the helper in
/// <c>AbCipFetchUdtShapeTests</c>: 12-byte header + 8-byte member blocks + semicolon/NUL
/// terminated UDT-then-member name strings.
/// Build a template buffer in libplctag's real <c>@udt/id</c> layout via
/// <see cref="TemplateBufferBuilder"/>. <c>info</c> is the member's CIP type word; <c>arr</c>
/// &gt; 0 marks an array member.
/// </summary>
private static byte[] BuildSimpleTemplate(
string name, uint instanceSize, params (string n, ushort info, ushort arr, uint off)[] members)
{
const int headerSize = 12;
const int blockSize = 8;
var strings = new MemoryStream();
void Add(string s) { var b = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s + ";\0"); strings.Write(b, 0, b.Length); }
Add(name);
foreach (var m in members) Add(m.n);
var stringsArr = strings.ToArray();
var buf = new byte[headerSize + blockSize * members.Length + stringsArr.Length];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(0), (ushort)members.Length);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(2), 0x1234);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(4), instanceSize);
for (var i = 0; i < members.Length; i++)
{
var o = headerSize + i * blockSize;
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o), members[i].info);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 2), members[i].arr);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 4), members[i].off);
}
Buffer.BlockCopy(stringsArr, 0, buf, headerSize + blockSize * members.Length, stringsArr.Length);
return buf;
}
=> TemplateBufferBuilder.Build(name, instanceSize, [.. members.Select(m => (m.n, m.info, m.arr, m.off))]);
}
@@ -60,30 +60,14 @@ public sealed class AbCipFetchUdtShapeTests
}
}
private static byte[] BuildSimpleTemplate(string name, uint instanceSize, params (string n, ushort info, ushort arr, uint off)[] members)
{
var headerSize = 12;
var blockSize = 8;
var strings = new MemoryStream();
void Add(string s) { var b = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s + ";\0"); strings.Write(b, 0, b.Length); }
Add(name);
foreach (var m in members) Add(m.n);
var stringsArr = strings.ToArray();
var buf = new byte[headerSize + blockSize * members.Length + stringsArr.Length];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(0), (ushort)members.Length);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(2), 0x1234);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(4), instanceSize);
for (var i = 0; i < members.Length; i++)
{
var o = headerSize + i * blockSize;
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o), members[i].info);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 2), members[i].arr);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 4), members[i].off);
}
Buffer.BlockCopy(stringsArr, 0, buf, headerSize + blockSize * members.Length, stringsArr.Length);
return buf;
}
/// <summary>
/// Build a template buffer in libplctag's real <c>@udt/id</c> layout via
/// <see cref="TemplateBufferBuilder"/>. <c>info</c> is the member's CIP type word; <c>arr</c>
/// &gt; 0 marks an array member.
/// </summary>
private static byte[] BuildSimpleTemplate(
string name, uint instanceSize, params (string n, ushort info, ushort arr, uint off)[] members)
=> TemplateBufferBuilder.Build(name, instanceSize, [.. members.Select(m => (m.n, m.info, m.arr, m.off))]);
private static Task<AbCipUdtShape?> InvokeFetch(AbCipDriver drv, string deviceHostAddress, uint templateId)
{
@@ -10,45 +10,15 @@ namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
public sealed class CipTemplateObjectDecoderTests
{
/// <summary>
/// Construct a Template Object blob — header + member blocks + semicolon-delimited
/// strings (UDT name first, then member names).
/// Construct a template buffer in libplctag's real layout (see <see cref="TemplateBufferBuilder"/>).
/// <c>info</c> here is the member's CIP type word; <c>arraySize</c> &gt; 0 marks an array member.
/// </summary>
private static byte[] BuildTemplate(
string udtName,
uint instanceSize,
params (string name, ushort info, ushort arraySize, uint offset)[] members)
{
var memberCount = (ushort)members.Length;
var headerSize = 12;
var memberBlockSize = 8;
var blocksSize = memberBlockSize * members.Length;
var stringsBuf = new MemoryStream();
void AppendString(string s)
{
var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(s + ";\0");
stringsBuf.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
}
AppendString(udtName);
foreach (var m in members) AppendString(m.name);
var strings = stringsBuf.ToArray();
var buf = new byte[headerSize + blocksSize + strings.Length];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(0), memberCount);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(2), 0x1234);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(4), instanceSize);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(8), 0);
for (var i = 0; i < members.Length; i++)
{
var o = headerSize + (i * memberBlockSize);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o), members[i].info);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 2), members[i].arraySize);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 4), members[i].offset);
}
Buffer.BlockCopy(strings, 0, buf, headerSize + blocksSize, strings.Length);
return buf;
}
=> TemplateBufferBuilder.Build(udtName, instanceSize,
[.. members.Select(m => (m.name, m.info, m.arraySize, m.offset))]);
/// <summary>Verifies that a simple UDT with two members decodes correctly.</summary>
[Fact]
@@ -161,8 +131,9 @@ public sealed class CipTemplateObjectDecoderTests
[Fact]
public void Zero_member_count_returns_null()
{
var buf = new byte[12];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(0), 0);
var buf = new byte[14];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(6), 8); // instance size
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(10), 0); // member count
CipTemplateObjectDecoder.Decode(buf).ShouldBeNull();
}
@@ -178,19 +149,10 @@ public sealed class CipTemplateObjectDecoderTests
public void Missing_member_name_surfaces_placeholder()
{
// Header says 3 members but strings list has only UDT name + 2 member names.
var memberCount = (ushort)3;
var buf = new byte[12 + 8 * 3];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(0), memberCount);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(4), 12);
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
var o = 12 + i * 8;
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o), 0xC4);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(buf.AsSpan(o + 4), (uint)(i * 4));
}
// strings: only UDT + 2 members, missing the third.
var strings = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("MyUdt;\0A;\0B;\0");
var combined = buf.Concat(strings).ToArray();
var full = TemplateBufferBuilder.Build("MyUdt", 12,
("A", 0xC4, 0, 0), ("B", 0xC4, 0, 4), ("C", 0xC4, 0, 8));
// Drop the trailing "C\0" so only two member names remain.
var combined = full[..^2];
var shape = CipTemplateObjectDecoder.Decode(combined);
shape.ShouldNotBeNull();
@@ -198,19 +160,20 @@ public sealed class CipTemplateObjectDecoderTests
shape.Members[2].Name.ShouldBe("<member_2>");
}
/// <summary>Verifies that semicolon-terminated string parsing handles various input shapes.</summary>
/// <param name="input">The raw semicolon-terminated string input.</param>
/// <param name="expected">The expected array of parsed strings.</param>
/// <summary>Verifies the template string section splits into the type name + NUL-terminated member names.</summary>
/// <param name="input">The raw string section.</param>
/// <param name="memberCount">Member names to read after the type name.</param>
/// <param name="expected">The expected type name followed by member names.</param>
[Theory]
[InlineData("Foo;\0Bar;\0", new[] { "Foo", "Bar" })]
[InlineData("Foo;Bar;", new[] { "Foo", "Bar" })] // no nulls
[InlineData("Only;\0", new[] { "Only" })]
[InlineData(";\0", new string[] { })] // empty
[InlineData("", new string[] { })]
public void ParseSemicolonTerminatedStrings_handles_shapes(string input, string[] expected)
[InlineData("STRING;nEAIA\0LEN\0DATA\0", 2, new[] { "STRING", "LEN", "DATA" })]
[InlineData("Udt;n\0A\0B\0\0\u0001junk", 2, new[] { "Udt", "A", "B" })] // trailing bytes ignored
[InlineData("Udt\0A\0", 1, new[] { "Udt", "A" })] // no ';' tail
[InlineData("Udt;nEA\0A\0", 3, new[] { "Udt", "A" })] // fewer names than members
[InlineData("", 1, new string[] { })]
public void ParseTemplateStrings_handles_shapes(string input, int memberCount, string[] expected)
{
var bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(input);
var result = CipTemplateObjectDecoder.ParseSemicolonTerminatedStrings(bytes);
var result = CipTemplateObjectDecoder.ParseTemplateStrings(bytes, memberCount);
result.ShouldBe(expected);
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
using Shouldly;
using Xunit;
using ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
/// <summary>
/// Decodes <c>@udt/&lt;id&gt;</c> template buffers captured byte for byte off a real controller —
/// a CompactLogix 5069-L320ERS2 rev 34.11, read through libplctag 1.5.2's <c>Tag.GetBuffer()</c>
/// on 2026-10-07 (read-only; one template read per id).
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <para>
/// Every pre-existing template test built its own input in the layout the decoder assumed
/// (u16 member count first, a 12-byte header, <c>[info][array][offset]</c> blocks, names
/// each ending <c>;\0</c>). A real buffer agrees with none of that, so the decoder returned
/// <c>null</c> for every UDT a controller has and discovered UDTs never fanned out. The
/// same builder-shares-the-parser's-assumption trap as #468.
/// </para>
/// <para>
/// What libplctag actually hands back for <c>@udt/id</c> (cross-checked against its own
/// <c>list_tags_logix</c> example): a 14-byte header — u16 template id, u32 member-definition
/// size in 32-bit words, u32 instance size in bytes, u16 member count, u16 struct handle —
/// then one 8-byte block per member: u16 <b>info</b> (array length, or the bit number of a
/// BOOL), u16 <b>type</b> (bit 15 = struct, bit 13 = array, low 12 bits = CIP type code or
/// the nested template id), u32 byte offset. Then the strings: the type name ending at
/// <c>;</c> (followed by an encoded tail up to a NUL), then each member name NUL-terminated.
/// </para>
/// </remarks>
[Trait("Category", "Unit")]
public sealed class CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests
{
/// <summary>The built-in STRING template (id 0x0FCE): LEN DINT + DATA SINT[82], 88 bytes.</summary>
internal const string StringTemplate =
"CE0F10000000580000000200CE0F0000C400000000005200C22004000000" +
"535452494E473B6E45414941004C454E004441544100000001000200";
/// <summary>
/// Rockwell library UDT <c>raC_UDT_LookupMember_STR0082</c> (id 3386): DINT, a nested
/// STRING member (struct type 0x8FCE), SINT, BOOL. Trailing bytes after the last name are
/// part of the capture and must be ignored.
/// </summary>
internal const string LookupMemberTemplate =
"3A0D1F000000600000000400B3810000C400000000000000CE8F040000000000C2005C0000000000C1005C000000" +
"7261435F5544545F4C6F6F6B75704D656D6265725F535452303038323B6E45414141454245430043" +
"6F64650044657363004461746154797065004C6F636B00008F92361DA1314013";
private static AbCipUdtShape DecodeHex(string hex)
{
var shape = CipTemplateObjectDecoder.Decode(Convert.FromHexString(hex));
shape.ShouldNotBeNull();
return shape;
}
/// <summary>The STRING template decodes to its two members with the real array length.</summary>
[Fact]
public void Captured_STRING_template_decodes_LEN_and_DATA()
{
var shape = DecodeHex(StringTemplate);
shape.TypeName.ShouldBe("STRING");
shape.TotalSize.ShouldBe(88);
shape.Members.Select(m => m.Name).ShouldBe(["LEN", "DATA"]);
shape.Members[0].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.DInt);
shape.Members[0].Offset.ShouldBe(0);
shape.Members[0].ArrayLength.ShouldBe(1);
shape.Members[1].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.SInt);
shape.Members[1].Offset.ShouldBe(4);
shape.Members[1].ArrayLength.ShouldBe(82);
}
/// <summary>A nested struct member carries its template id; trailing bytes are ignored.</summary>
[Fact]
public void Captured_library_UDT_decodes_nested_STRING_member_and_ignores_trailing_bytes()
{
var shape = DecodeHex(LookupMemberTemplate);
shape.TypeName.ShouldBe("raC_UDT_LookupMember_STR0082");
shape.TotalSize.ShouldBe(96);
shape.Members.Select(m => m.Name).ShouldBe(["Code", "Desc", "DataType", "Lock"]);
shape.Members[0].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.DInt);
shape.Members[1].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.Structure);
shape.Members[1].NestedTemplateId.ShouldBe(0x0FCEu);
shape.Members[1].Offset.ShouldBe(4);
shape.Members[2].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.SInt);
shape.Members[2].Offset.ShouldBe(92);
shape.Members[3].DataType.ShouldBe(AbCipDataType.Bool);
shape.Members.ShouldAllBe(m => m.ArrayLength == 1);
}
/// <summary>A shape is recognised as a Logix string family (LEN DINT + DATA SINT[n]).</summary>
[Fact]
public void Captured_STRING_template_is_a_string_family_shape_and_a_plain_UDT_is_not()
{
DecodeHex(StringTemplate).IsStringFamily.ShouldBeTrue();
DecodeHex(LookupMemberTemplate).IsStringFamily.ShouldBeFalse();
}
}
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
using System.Buffers.Binary;
using System.Text;
namespace ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.AbCip.Tests;
/// <summary>
/// Builds an <c>@udt/&lt;id&gt;</c> template buffer in the layout libplctag really returns —
/// the layout pinned by the real-controller captures in <c>CipTemplateObjectWireCaptureTests</c>.
/// Keep it in step with those captures, never with the decoder: a builder that restates the
/// decoder's assumption proves nothing (#468, and the template decoder after it).
/// </summary>
internal static class TemplateBufferBuilder
{
/// <summary>Build a template buffer.</summary>
/// <param name="udtName">UDT type name (written as <c>name;n</c> + an encoded tail, as a controller does).</param>
/// <param name="instanceSize">Bytes per instance.</param>
/// <param name="members">Per member: name, CIP type word (atomic code, or <c>0x8000 | nestedTemplateId</c>),
/// array length (0 = scalar; &gt; 0 sets the array flag and the info word), byte offset.</param>
/// <returns>The buffer.</returns>
public static byte[] Build(
string udtName, uint instanceSize, params (string name, ushort type, ushort arraySize, uint offset)[] members)
{
const int header = 14;
var buf = new MemoryStream();
var head = new byte[header + (8 * members.Length)];
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(0), 0x0123); // template id
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(2), 0); // def size (words)
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(6), instanceSize);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(10), (ushort)members.Length);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(12), 0xABCD); // struct handle
for (var i = 0; i < members.Length; i++)
{
var o = header + (i * 8);
var (_, type, arraySize, offset) = members[i];
var typeWord = arraySize > 0 ? (ushort)(type | 0x2000) : type;
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(o), arraySize);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt16LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(o + 2), typeWord);
BinaryPrimitives.WriteUInt32LittleEndian(head.AsSpan(o + 4), offset);
}
buf.Write(head);
buf.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(udtName + ";nEAIA\0"));
foreach (var m in members) buf.Write(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(m.name + "\0"));
return buf.ToArray();
}
}