General adapter properties

These properties provide high-level information about the adapter object.

MPIP_ADAPTER_ABBREV
The alias of the adapter.
MPIP_ADAPTER_COMMANDLINE
The command line that determines the connection parameters and the behavior of the adapter associated with the adapter object.
MPIP_ADAPTER_CONTEXT
The context in which the adapter is being called.
MPIP_ADAPTER_MSG_COLLECTION
The message collection object that is used to pass event messages (MMessage objects) from a Listen call to the Launcher, and from the Launcher to a GET call.
MPIP_ADAPTER_NUM_MESSAGES
This property MUST be set by an adapter before returning from a GET call. This informs the Resource Manager how many messages have been received and are being returned in the GET. This is used in association with the Quantity and Fetch Unit properties to determine whether the GET should be called again or not.
MPIP_ADAPTER_PROVIDER_CODE
The return code from the resource to which the adapter communicates upon execution of the input or output adapter.
MPIP_ADAPTER_PROVIDER_MSG
This is the return error message from the resource to which the adapter communicates upon execution of the input or output adapter.
MPIP_ADAPTER_TYPE
The type of the adapter object.
MPIP_ADAPTER_USER_DATA
This property is used to associate binary data with an adapter object and can be used for various purposes, such as to pass configuration data, specific environment settings, or possibly real time data.
MPIP_ADAPTER_USESAMECONN
This property is set by an adapter in the Listen method to inform the Resource Manager that the same connection thread should be used in the subsequent corresponding GET call.
MPIP_ADAPTER_WILDCARD
The value of a wildcard returned from an event.
MPIP_OBJECT_ERROR_CODE
The error code from the last operation on the map object.
MPIP_OBJECT_ERROR_MSG
The error message from the last operation on the map object.

Parent topic: Adapter object properties