Northbound providers

The northbound API of Eclipse sensiNact gateway refers to the parts of the gateway which interface with users and/or machines to provide access to the digital twin. This is typically using a specific protocol over a more generic transport (e.g. REST/HTTP or JSON-RPC/Websocket). It is possible to have multiple northbound providers deployed to a single Eclipse sensiNact gateway instance, allowing access via different interfaces, protocols and transports.

The gateway currently includes the following northbound providers:

• A REST interface using Jakarta RESTful Web Services

• A Websocket interface using Jetty Websockets

• A REST interface for OGC Sensorthings 1.1 using Jakarta RESTful Web Services

• An MQTT interface for OGC Sensorthings 1.1 using Moquette

The gateway also support authorizations.