BasicDigitalTwin Class

Definition

[System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter(typeof(Azure.DigitalTwins.Core.BasicDigitalTwinJsonConverter))]
public class BasicDigitalTwin

[<System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonConverter(typeof(Azure.DigitalTwins.Core.BasicDigitalTwinJsonConverter))>]
type BasicDigitalTwin = class

Public Class BasicDigitalTwin

Inheritance

Object

BasicDigitalTwin

Attributes

JsonConverterAttribute

Examples

Here's an example of how to use the BasicDigitalTwin helper class to serialize and create a digital twin.

// Create digital twin with component payload using the BasicDigitalTwin serialization helper

var basicTwin = new BasicDigitalTwin
{
 Id = basicDtId,
 // model Id of digital twin
 Metadata =
 {
 ModelId = modelId,
 PropertyMetadata = new Dictionary<string, DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata>
 {
 {
 "Prop2",
 new DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata
 {
 // must always be serialized as ISO 8601
 SourceTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
 }
 }
 },
 },
 Contents =
 {
 // digital twin properties
 { "Prop1", "Value1" },
 { "Prop2", 987 },
 // component
 {
 "Component1",
 new BasicDigitalTwinComponent
 {
 // writeable component metadata
 Metadata = new Dictionary<string, DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata>
 {
 {
 "ComponentProp2",
 new DigitalTwinPropertyMetadata
 {
 // must always be serialized as ISO 8601
 SourceTime = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow,
 }
 }
 },
 // component properties
 Contents =
 {
 { "ComponentProp1", "Component value 1" },
 { "ComponentProp2", 123 },
 },
 }
 },
 },
};

Response<BasicDigitalTwin> createDigitalTwinResponse = await client.CreateOrReplaceDigitalTwinAsync(basicDtId, basicTwin);
Console.WriteLine($"Created digital twin '{createDigitalTwinResponse.Value.Id}'.");

Here's an example of how to use the BasicDigitalTwin helper class to get and deserialize a digital twin.

Response<BasicDigitalTwin> getBasicDtResponse = await client.GetDigitalTwinAsync<BasicDigitalTwin>(basicDtId);
BasicDigitalTwin basicDt = getBasicDtResponse.Value;

// Must cast Component1 as a JsonElement and get its raw text in order to deserialize it as a dictionary
string component1RawText = ((JsonElement)basicDt.Contents["Component1"]).GetRawText();
var component1 = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<BasicDigitalTwinComponent>(component1RawText);

Console.WriteLine($"Retrieved and deserialized digital twin {basicDt.Id}:\n\t" +
 $"ETag: {basicDt.ETag}\n\t" +
 $"ModelId: {basicDt.Metadata.ModelId}\n\t" +
 $"LastUpdatedOn: {basicDt.LastUpdatedOn}\n\t" +
 $"Prop1: {basicDt.Contents["Prop1"]}, last updated on {basicDt.Metadata.PropertyMetadata["Prop1"].LastUpdatedOn}\n\t" +
 $"Prop2: {basicDt.Contents["Prop2"]}, last updated on {basicDt.Metadata.PropertyMetadata["Prop2"].LastUpdatedOn} and sourced at {basicDt.Metadata.PropertyMetadata["Prop2"].SourceTime}\n\t" +
 $"Component1.LastUpdatedOn: {component1.LastUpdatedOn}\n\t" +
 $"Component1.Prop1: {component1.Contents["ComponentProp1"]}, last updated on: {component1.Metadata["ComponentProp1"].LastUpdatedOn}\n\t" +
 $"Component1.Prop2: {component1.Contents["ComponentProp2"]}, last updated on: {component1.Metadata["ComponentProp2"].LastUpdatedOn} and sourced at: {component1.Metadata["ComponentProp2"].SourceTime}");

Remarks

This helper class will only work with System.Text.Json. When used with the ObjectSerializer, parameter to DigitalTwinsClientOptions it will only work with the default (JsonObjectSerializer).

For more samples, see our repo samples.