Used by a Provider to advertise that the specified interface can be provided.

Used by a Provider to advertise that the specified interface can be provided, specifying a Control for this operation. This call is beneficial at startup to notify potentially interested nodes of this provider's capability. The advertise solicits matching DOFInterestLevel.WATCH , DOFInterestLevel.ACTIVATE , and DOFInterestLevel.CONNECT interest. NOTE: This advertise will be sent to all security compatible nodes and timeout after 5 seconds. For a long-term advertise use beginAdvertise(DOFInterfaceID, int) .