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<concept id="GUID-0116F567-D005-5480-AB37-9799398C0E6F" xml:lang="en"><title> Setting

sub-connection parameters: Tutorial</title><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<section><title>Introduction</title> This topic describes how to set parameters

on a subconnection. Parameters are set on a subconnection using <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita#GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF/GUID-FA1056C6-FAE7-3E0F-9375-9F5A6315AE24"><apiname>RSubConnection::SetParameters()</apiname></xref>.

The <codeph>SetParameters</codeph> function takes an instance of the <xref href="GUID-27AA9BD2-9754-3BAE-8C2D-59937E1924CF.dita"><apiname>RSubConParameterBundle</apiname></xref> class

as a parameter. <codeph>RSubConParameterBundle</codeph> specifies the parameters. <codeph>RSubConParameterBundle</codeph> is

a container for at least one <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> object.

The <codeph>CSubConParameterFamily</codeph> objects are referred to as parameter

families. </section>

<section><title>Procedure</title> <p> An <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita"><apiname>RSubConnection</apiname></xref> is

updated by filling in an <xref href="GUID-27AA9BD2-9754-3BAE-8C2D-59937E1924CF.dita"><apiname>RSubConParameterBundle</apiname></xref> and calling <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita#GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF/GUID-FA1056C6-FAE7-3E0F-9375-9F5A6315AE24"><apiname>RSubConnection::SetParameters()</apiname></xref>.

When the <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> constructor is called,

it adds the family to the named bundle automatically. The bundle takes ownership

of the family and when the bundle is destroyed, it will destroy the parameter

family. </p><p> For example, a particular bundle may contain a QoS family.

The QoS family may contain (for example) one generic and two extension parameter

sets. Each of those parameter sets may exist as <xref href="GUID-ADF08336-B43B-31CB-9548-E265E1001F27.dita"><apiname>ERequested</apiname></xref>, <xref href="GUID-754AF65B-376E-3A75-97F0-8ECF4560BCEF.dita"><apiname>EAcceptable</apiname></xref>,

and <xref href="GUID-12DF975A-B43E-336F-817E-FDD099F7060A.dita"><apiname>EGranted</apiname></xref>. The <xref href="GUID-12DF975A-B43E-336F-817E-FDD099F7060A.dita"><apiname>EGranted</apiname></xref> parameter

set is created and updated by the underlying communications link and so should

not be changed by your application. </p> <p> An instance of a parameter bundle

can only be applied as a single action. That is, if one parameter family is

added to the bundle and a call is made to <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita#GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF/GUID-FA1056C6-FAE7-3E0F-9375-9F5A6315AE24"><apiname>RSubConnection::SetParameters()</apiname></xref>;

to add another family or an additional extension set to the existing parameter

family, it must be added to the original <xref href="GUID-27AA9BD2-9754-3BAE-8C2D-59937E1924CF.dita"><apiname>RSubConParameterBundle</apiname></xref> instance

and another call made to <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita#GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF/GUID-FA1056C6-FAE7-3E0F-9375-9F5A6315AE24"><apiname>RSubConnection::SetParameters()</apiname></xref>.

If the original parameter bundle is not available you may create a totally

new parameter bundle and (optionally) make a call to <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita#GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF/GUID-6E4D49A9-CBD3-3A1C-8CDC-C33E8E26928F"><apiname>RSubConnection::GetParameters()</apiname></xref> to

obtain the current settings. When a family is added to the bundle, the bundle

will take ownership of that object. All added <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> objects

will be destroyed when the parameter bundle is destroyed. </p> <p>The <codeph>GetParameters() </codeph> and <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph> methods

are used to retrieve and set bundles of properties on the sub-connection. <codeph>GetParameters()</codeph> will

return <xref href="GUID-51298FCE-7857-39F8-BFAB-49AF5556D0CC.dita"><apiname>KErrNotReady</apiname></xref> if no properties have been negotiated.

This may not happen until the sub-connection has been used. The <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph> method,

like the <codeph>Add()</codeph> and <codeph>Remove()</codeph> methods returns

an error code indicating the success or failure of the request to perform

the action. Upon negotiation of the properties either the <xref href="GUID-AA6CFA1E-0B17-3603-9065-34D05322C0A5.dita"><apiname>CSubConGenEventParamsGranted</apiname></xref> or <xref href="GUID-7103CFA3-2119-3356-9460-B26D88036FEB.dita"><apiname>CSubConGenEventParamsRejected</apiname></xref> event will be notified for each family within the parameter bundle. A call

to the <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph> method may not result in any negotiation

until such time as the sub-connection is used. </p> <p>Remember that an <xref href="GUID-0AFDA357-EE44-3788-9CAB-162B874134BF.dita"><apiname>RSubConnection</apiname></xref> is

updated by filling in an <xref href="GUID-27AA9BD2-9754-3BAE-8C2D-59937E1924CF.dita"><apiname>RSubConParameterBundle</apiname></xref> and calling <codeph>RSubConnection::SetParameters()</codeph>.

This means that changes to parameter sets will only be applied when <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph> is

called. Also note that retrieving the <xref href="GUID-12DF975A-B43E-336F-817E-FDD099F7060A.dita"><apiname>EGranted</apiname></xref> parameters

will only be effective once the sub-connection is used and the <xref href="GUID-AA6CFA1E-0B17-3603-9065-34D05322C0A5.dita"><apiname>CSubConGenEventParamsGranted</apiname></xref> event

has been sent. </p></section>

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<section><title>Using RSubConParameterBundle</title> <p>The <codeph>AddFamilyL()</codeph> and <codeph>FindFamily()</codeph> methods

do just as their names suggest. It is unlikely that the <codeph>AddFamilyL()</codeph> call

will ever be required since the constructor of <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> adds

the family to the passed in parameter bundle automatically. It is present

mainly for internal use. </p> <p>The <codeph>ClearAllParameters()</codeph> method

will clear parameters of the given parameter set type from all families that

the bundle owns. </p> <p>The <codeph>Load()</codeph> and <codeph>Store()</codeph> methods

are used for serialisation of the parameter bundle, whilst <codeph>Length()</codeph> will

return the number of bytes the serialised data will occupy. </p> </section>

<section><title>Using CSubConParameterFamily</title> <p>An application could

add a parameter set of the type <xref href="GUID-ADF08336-B43B-31CB-9548-E265E1001F27.dita"><apiname>ERequested</apiname></xref> to request an

ideal level of bandwidth and latency, and a parameter set type of <xref href="GUID-754AF65B-376E-3A75-97F0-8ECF4560BCEF.dita"><apiname>EAcceptable</apiname></xref> could

be added to indicate the bare minimum required for the application to operate.

A parameter set of the type <xref href="GUID-12DF975A-B43E-336F-817E-FDD099F7060A.dita"><apiname>EGranted</apiname></xref> must never be added

by an application. The sub-connection's parameter bundle will be updated with

parameter sets of this (granted) type when the negotiated settings change,

such as when the sub-connection is established/used. </p> <p>Before a call

to <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph> is made on the sub-connection the family

must at least contain a parameter set of the type <xref href="GUID-ADF08336-B43B-31CB-9548-E265E1001F27.dita"><apiname>ERequested</apiname></xref>.

If the parameter set type <xref href="GUID-754AF65B-376E-3A75-97F0-8ECF4560BCEF.dita"><apiname>EAcceptable</apiname></xref> is omitted the requested

values will used as the acceptable values. This means that if you request

a bandwidth of 256k and only 128k is available, an event will be returned

saying that the requested bandwidth is not available (<xref href="GUID-7103CFA3-2119-3356-9460-B26D88036FEB.dita"><apiname>CSubConGenEventParamsRejected</apiname></xref>).

Any parameter sets of the type <xref href="GUID-12DF975A-B43E-336F-817E-FDD099F7060A.dita"><apiname>EGranted</apiname></xref> will be ignored

by a call to <codeph>SetParameters()</codeph>. </p> <p>When a generic or extension

set is added to the family, the parameter family object will take ownership

of that parameter set. All added parameter sets will be deleted along with

the parameter family. </p> <p>The <codeph>LoadL()</codeph> method is used

to create a new <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> from a previously

serialised object. It will be added to the given bundle, which will taken

ownership of the new family. </p> <p>The <codeph>SetGenericSetL()</codeph> and <codeph>AddExtensionSetL()</codeph> methods

are used to add parameter sets to the family. If the type of parameter set

added/set is the same as a parameter set type already contained by the <xref href="GUID-5181C974-94F7-3C7D-9FFE-F38BD11001EB.dita"><apiname>CSubConParameterFamily</apiname></xref> the

method will leave with <xref href="GUID-D1D25122-F2B8-3C78-8599-84905BFD47B8.dita"><apiname>KErrAlreadyExists</apiname></xref>. For example,

if an extension set is added for the type <xref href="GUID-ADF08336-B43B-31CB-9548-E265E1001F27.dita"><apiname>ERequested</apiname></xref>, then

another extension set (of the same type) is also added for <xref href="GUID-ADF08336-B43B-31CB-9548-E265E1001F27.dita"><apiname>ERequested</apiname></xref> the

method will leave. </p> <p>The <codeph>GetGenericSet()</codeph> and <codeph>FindExtensionSet()</codeph> methods

are used to retrieve a parameter set from the parameter family. If there is

no generic set or extension set of the specified type then NULL is returned. </p> <p>The <codeph>ClearAllParameters()</codeph> method

will clear both generic and extension parameter sets of the given parameter

set type from the family. </p> <p> <codeph>Id()</codeph> will return the family

identifier. </p> <p>The <codeph>Load()</codeph> and <codeph>Store()</codeph> methods

are used for serialisation of the parameter family, whilst <codeph>Length()</codeph> will

return the number of bytes the serialised data will occupy. </p> </section>

<section><title>See Also</title> <p> <xref href="GUID-12C9C36B-8AD4-544E-A6A3-54A799EF0280.dita#GUID-12C9C36B-8AD4-544E-A6A3-54A799EF0280/GUID-7803B89A-6ABF-529C-A0B8-CA06BA410F3B">RSubConnection

Events</xref> Reference </p> <p> <xref href="GUID-12C9C36B-8AD4-544E-A6A3-54A799EF0280.dita#GUID-12C9C36B-8AD4-544E-A6A3-54A799EF0280/GUID-7F057E16-0E56-5989-8647-7DAFF6E343D3">RSubConnection

QoS Parameters</xref> Reference </p> </section>

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