RpcNsMgmtInqExpAge  1R7CZKL

The RpcNsMgmtInqExpAge function returns the global expiration age for local copies of name-service data.

#include <rpc.h>

RPC_STATUS RPC_ENTRY RpcNsMgmtInqExpAge(

Parameters

ExpirationAge

Returns a pointer to the default expiration age, in seconds. This value is used by all name-service  read  operations (that is, all  next  operations).

Remarks

The RpcNsMgmtInqExpAge routine returns the expiration age that the application is using. The expiration age is the amount of time in seconds that a local copy of data from a name-service attribute can exist before a request from the application for the attribute requires updating the local copy. When an application begins running, the RPC run-time library specifies a random value of two hours as the default expiration age. The default is global to the application.

An expiration age is used by name-service  next  operations (which read data from name-service attributes). A  next  operation normally starts by looking for a local copy of the attribute data being requested by an application. In the absence of a local copy, the  next  operation creates one with fresh attribute data from the name-service database. If a local copy already exists, the operation compares its actual age to the expiration age being used by the application. If the actual age exceeds the expiration age, the operation automatically tries to update the local copy with fresh attribute data. If updating is impossible, the old local data remains in place and the  next  operation fails.

Applications normally should use only the default expiration age. For special cases, however, an application can substitute a user-supplied global expiration age for the default by calling the RpcNsMgmtSetExpAge routine. The RpcNsMgmtInqExpAge routine returns the current global expiration age, whether a default or a user-supplied value.

An application can also override the global expiration age temporarily by calling the RpcNsMgmtHandleSetExpAge routine.

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