Interface

Information exchange specification.

Definition

A data-oriented interface uses a Data Model, and is defined by:

an abstract participant whose name is the interface name:
- can be composed with other abstract participants (interfaces)
- does not specify a participant_qos
inputs:
- Subscriber(s) containing DataReaders
  - DataReader(s) contained in the Subscriber
    - DataReaderQos specified for the DataReader
  - SubscriberQos specified for the subscriber
outputs:
- Publishers(s) containing DataWriters
  - DataWriters(s) icontained in the Publisher
    - DataWriterQos specified for the DataWriter
  - PublisherQos spcified for the publisher

A composite data-oriented interface is a composition of one or more data-oriented interfaces.

Organization

if/MyService_<InterfaceX>.xml

Maintainer

Interfaces are maintained by team members responsible for architecture defintion.