IWSDDeviceHost::Init method (wsdhost.h)

Initializes an instance of an IWSDDeviceHost object, which is the host-side representation of a device.

Syntax

HRESULT Init(
  [in]           LPCWSTR        pszLocalId,
  [in, optional] IWSDXMLContext *pContext,
  [in, optional] IWSDAddress    **ppHostAddresses,
  [in, optional] DWORD          dwHostAddressCount
);

Parameters

[in] pszLocalId

The logical or physical address of the device. A logical address is of the form urn:uuid:{guid}. If pszLocalId is a logical address, the host will announce the logical address and then convert the address to a physical address when it receives Resolve or Probe messages.

If pszLocalId is a physical address (such as URL prefixed by http or https), the host will use the address as the physical address and will host on that address instead of the default one.

For secure communication, pszLocalId must be an URL prefixed by https, and the host will use the SSL/TLS protocol on the port specified in the URL. The recommended port is port 5358, as this port is reserved for secure connections with WSDAPI. If no port is specified, then the host will use port 443. The host port must be configured with an SSL server certificate. For more information about the configuration of host ports, see HttpSetServiceConfiguration.

Any URL (http or https) must be terminated with a trailing slash. The URL must contain a valid IP address or hostname.

The following list shows some example values for pszLocalId. It is not a complete list of valid values.

  • http://192.168.0.1:5357/
  • http://localhost/
  • http://myHostname:5357/
  • https://192.168.0.1:5358/
  • https://myHostname/
  • https://myHostname/myDevice/
  • https://myHostname:5358/

[in, optional] pContext

An IWSDXMLContext interface that defines custom message types or namespaces.

[in, optional] ppHostAddresses

A single IWSDAddress object or IWSDTransportAddress object. The objects provide information about specific addresses that the host should listen on.

If pszLocalId contains a local address, the resulting behavior is a mapping between the logical address and the supplied physical address (instead of a mapping between the logical address and the default physical address).

[in, optional] dwHostAddressCount

The number of items in the ppHostAddresses array. If ppHostAddresses is an IWSDAddress interface, count must be 1.

Return value

Possible return values include, but are not limited to, the following:

Return code Description
S_OK
Method completed successfully.
E_INVALIDARG
pszLocalId is NULL, the length in characters of pszLocalId exceeds WSD_MAX_TEXT_LENGTH (8192), or the number of addresses referenced by ppHostAddresses does not match dwHostAddressCount.
E_FAIL
The device host is in an unexpected state.
E_OUTOFMEMORY
Insufficient memory to complete the operation.
E_ABORT
Initialization could not be completed.

Remarks

This method is called by WSDCreateDeviceHost and need not normally be called directly by your code.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header wsdhost.h (include Wsdapi.h)
DLL Wsdapi.dll

See also

IWSDDeviceHost