Establishing a Connection

The following DataBlade API functions are constructor functions for a connection descriptor:

• The mi_open( ) function
• The mi_server_connect( ) function

These functions establish a connection and return a pointer to a connection descriptor, which holds information from the session context. You can then pass this connection descriptor to subsequent DataBlade API functions that need to access the session context.

The DataBlade API supports the establishment of two kinds of connections:

• UDR connection
• Client connection