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| External Measurement API |
| Sample Program |
char measValue[MAX_TOKEN]; | // Measurement Value as a char array |
char hostname[MAX_TOKEN]; | // SCI System Name |
char str_timestamp[MAX_TOKEN]; | // timestamp as a char array |
wqStatus status = 0; | // status code |
wqSocket socket; | //socket Descriptor |
char flag = ‘y’; |
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double timestamp; |
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long l_timestamp; |
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//get the SCI system name printf(“Enter the host name:\n”); gets(hostname);
//connect to the SCI
status = wqCreateConnection(hostname, &socket);
if (status == WQ_STATUS_OK)
{
// calculate the timestamp, once the connection is set up
timestamp = (double)time(NULL); /* convert seconds to milliseconds */ l_timestamp = ceil(timestamp);
//convert the timestamp into char* ltoa(l_timestamp, str_timestamp,10);
//see the Schema file or the DTD to create an xml string.
//create the xml string with the appropriate values and tags. strcpy(xmlString,”<timeStamp>”);
strcat(xmlString, str_timestamp); strcat(xmlString, “</timeStamp>”); while(flag == ‘y’)
{
fflush(stdin);
strcat(xmlString, “<measPair><measName>”);
printf(“Enter the Measurement Name :\n”); gets(measName);
printf(“Enter the Value:\n”); gets(measValue); strcat(xmlString,measName); strcat(xmlString,”</measName><measIntegerValue>”);
strcat(xmlString,measValue);
strcat(xmlString,”</measIntegerValue></measPair>”); printf(“Do you want to
}
// send the xml string to the SCI
status = wqSendMeasurement(socket, xmlString);
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