Inside Macintosh: Networking With Open Transport / Part 2 - Open Transport Reference

Chapter 21 - Providers Reference / Functions

Opening and Closing Providers /

OTWhoAmI

Returns the current client's ID.

C INTERFACE

OTClient OTWhoAmI(void);

C++ INTERFACE

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

function result

A 32-bit value specifying the client ID.

DISCUSSION

In transferring provider ownership from an old client to a new client, the old client must obtain its own current client ID (by calling the OTWhoAmI function) and must use some means to communicate this value to the new client. The new client then uses this value as the prevOwner parameter to the OTTransferProviderOwnership function that it calls to gain ownership of the provider.

SEE ALSO

The OTTransferProviderOwnership function.