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lmxopcua/docs/Subscriptions.md
Joseph Doherty 985b7aba26 Doc refresh (task #202) — core architecture docs for multi-driver OtOpcUa
Rewrite seven core-architecture docs to match the shipped multi-driver platform.
The v1 single-driver LmxNodeManager framing is replaced with the Core +
capability-interface model — Galaxy is now one driver of seven, and each doc
points at the current class names + source paths.

What changed per file:
- OpcUaServer.md — OtOpcUaServer as StandardServer host; per-driver
  DriverNodeManager + CapabilityInvoker wiring; Config-DB-driven configuration
  (sp_PublishGeneration, DraftRevisionToken, Admin UI); Phase 6.2
  AuthorizationGate integration.
- AddressSpace.md — GenericDriverNodeManager.BuildAddressSpaceAsync walks
  ITagDiscovery.DiscoverAsync and streams DriverAttributeInfo through
  IAddressSpaceBuilder; CapturingBuilder registers alarm-condition sinks;
  per-driver NodeId schemes replace the fixed ns=1;s=ZB root.
- ReadWriteOperations.md — OnReadValue / OnWriteValue dispatch to
  IReadable.ReadAsync / IWritable.WriteAsync through CapabilityInvoker,
  honoring WriteIdempotentAttribute (#143); two-layer authorization
  (WriteAuthzPolicy + Phase 6.2 AuthorizationGate).
- Subscriptions.md — ISubscribable.SubscribeAsync/UnsubscribeAsync is the
  capability surface; STA-thread story is now Galaxy-specific (StaPump inside
  Driver.Galaxy.Host), other drivers are free-threaded.
- AlarmTracking.md — IAlarmSource is optional; AlarmSurfaceInvoker wraps
  Subscribe/Ack/Unsubscribe with fan-out by IPerCallHostResolver and the
  no-retry AlarmAcknowledge pipeline (#143); CapturingBuilder registers sinks
  at build time.
- DataTypeMapping.md — DriverDataType + SecurityClassification are the
  driver-agnostic enums; per-driver mappers (GalaxyProxyDriver inline,
  AbCipDataType, ModbusDriver, etc.); SecurityClassification is metadata only,
  ACL enforcement is at the server layer.
- IncrementalSync.md — IRediscoverable covers backend-change signals;
  sp_ComputeGenerationDiff + DiffViewer drive generation-level change
  detection; IDriver.ReinitializeAsync is the in-process recovery path.
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# Subscriptions
Driver-side data-change subscriptions live behind `ISubscribable` (`src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/ISubscribable.cs`). The interface is deliberately mechanism-agnostic: it covers native subscriptions (Galaxy MXAccess advisory, OPC UA monitored items on an upstream server, TwinCAT ADS notifications) and driver-internal polled subscriptions (Modbus, AB CIP, S7, FOCAS). Core sees the same event shape regardless — drivers fire `OnDataChange` and Core dispatches to the matching OPC UA monitored items.
## ISubscribable surface
```csharp
Task<ISubscriptionHandle> SubscribeAsync(
IReadOnlyList<string> fullReferences,
TimeSpan publishingInterval,
CancellationToken cancellationToken);
Task UnsubscribeAsync(ISubscriptionHandle handle, CancellationToken cancellationToken);
event EventHandler<DataChangeEventArgs>? OnDataChange;
```
A single `SubscribeAsync` call may batch many attributes and returns an opaque handle the caller passes back to `UnsubscribeAsync`. The driver may emit an immediate `OnDataChange` for each subscribed reference (the OPC UA initial-data convention) and then a push per change.
Every subscribe / unsubscribe call goes through `CapabilityInvoker.ExecuteAsync(DriverCapability.Subscribe, host, …)` so the per-host pipeline applies.
## Reference counting at Core
Multiple OPC UA clients can monitor the same variable simultaneously. Rather than open duplicate driver subscriptions, Core maintains a ref-count per `(driver, fullReference)` pair: the first OPC UA monitored-item for a reference triggers `ISubscribable.SubscribeAsync` with that single reference; each additional monitored-item just increments the count; decrement-to-zero triggers `UnsubscribeAsync`. Transferred subscriptions (client reconnect → resume session) replay against the same ref-count map so active driver subscriptions are preserved across session migration.
## Threading
The STA thread story is now driver-specific, not a server-wide concern:
- **Galaxy** runs its MXAccess COM objects on a dedicated STA thread with a Win32 message pump (`src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Sta/StaPump.cs`) inside the standalone `Driver.Galaxy.Host` Windows service. The Proxy driver (`Driver.Galaxy.Proxy`) connects to the Host via named pipe and re-exposes the data on a free-threaded surface to Core. Core never touches COM.
- **Modbus / S7 / AB CIP / AB Legacy / TwinCAT / FOCAS** are free-threaded — they run their polling loops on ordinary `Task`s. Their `OnDataChange` fires on thread-pool threads.
- **OPC UA Client** delegates to the OPC Foundation stack's subscription loop.
The common contract: drivers are responsible for marshalling from whatever native thread the backend uses onto thread-pool threads before raising `OnDataChange`. Core's dispatch path acquires the OPC UA framework `Lock` and calls `ClearChangeMasks` on the corresponding `BaseDataVariableState` to notify subscribed clients.
## Dispatch
Core's subscription dispatch path:
1. `ISubscribable.OnDataChange` fires on a thread-pool thread with a `DataChangeEventArgs(subscriptionHandle, fullReference, DataValueSnapshot)`.
2. Core looks up the variable by `fullReference` in the driver's `DriverNodeManager` variable map.
3. Under the OPC UA framework `Lock`, the variable's `Value` / `StatusCode` / `Timestamp` are updated and `ClearChangeMasks(SystemContext, false)` is called.
4. The OPC Foundation stack then enqueues data-change notifications for every monitored-item attached to that variable, honoring each subscription's sampling + filter configuration.
Batch coalescing — coalescing multiple pushes for the same reference between publish cycles — is done driver-side when the backend natively supports it (Galaxy keeps the v1 coalescing dictionary); otherwise the SDK's own data-change filter suppresses no-change notifications.
## Initial values
A freshly-built variable carries `StatusCode = BadWaitingForInitialData` until the driver delivers the first value. Drivers whose backends supply an initial read (Galaxy `AdviseSupervisory`, TwinCAT `AddDeviceNotification`) fire `OnDataChange` immediately after `SubscribeAsync` returns. Polled drivers fire the first push when their first poll cycle completes.
## Transferred subscription restoration
When an OPC UA session is resumed (client reconnect with `TransferSubscriptions`), Core walks the transferred monitored-items and ensures every referenced `(driver, fullReference)` has a live driver subscription. References already active (in-process migration) skip re-subscribing; references that lost their driver-side handle during the session gap are re-subscribed via `SubscribeAsync`.
## Key source files
- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core.Abstractions/ISubscribable.cs` — capability contract
- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Core/Resilience/CapabilityInvoker.cs` — pipeline wrapping
- `src/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.Galaxy.Host/Sta/StaPump.cs` — Galaxy STA thread + message pump
- Per-driver subscribe implementations in each `Driver.*` project