StreamOpen function

Creates a new stream.

Syntax

typedef
_IRQL_requires_max_(DISPATCH_LEVEL)
QUIC_STATUS
(QUIC_API * QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FN)(
    _In_ _Pre_defensive_ HQUIC Connection,
    _In_ QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FLAGS Flags,
    _In_ _Pre_defensive_ QUIC_STREAM_CALLBACK_HANDLER Handler,
    _In_opt_ void* Context,
    _Outptr_ _At_(*Stream, __drv_allocatesMem(Mem)) _Pre_defensive_
        HQUIC* Stream
    );

Parameters

Connection

The valid handle to an open connection object. The connection does not need to be started via ConnectionStart.

Flags

A set of flags that control the behavior of StreamOpen:

Value	Meaning
QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FLAG_NONE 0	No special behavior. Defaults to bidirectional stream.
QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL 1	Opens a unidirectional stream.
QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FLAG_0_RTT 2	Indicates that the stream may be sent in 0-RTT.
QUIC_STREAM_OPEN_FLAG_DELAY_ID_FC_UPDATES 4	Indicates stream ID flow control limit updates for the connection should be delayed to StreamClose.

Handler

A pointer to the app's callback handler to be invoked for all stream events.

Context

The app context pointer (possibly null) to be associated with the stream object and passed back to the app's handler when invoked.

Stream

On success, returns a handle to the newly created stream.

Return Value

The function returns a QUIC_STATUS. The app may use QUIC_FAILED or QUIC_SUCCEEDED to determine if the function failed or succeeded.

Remarks

This function is used to allocate a new stream object of the desired directionality; either bidirectional (both sides send and receive) or unidirectional (opener sends and peer receives). This function simply allocates the object and does not assign a stream ID or inform the peer that the stream was created.

As indicated above, the parent connection object does not need to be started before the stream can be created. In fact, the MsQuic API is expressly designed to allow for the app to open streams, start them and queue data to be sent before starting the stream. In the 0-RTT scenario, this is practically required to ensure all the data is packed into the same UDP datagram(s).

Important - No events are delivered on the stream until the app calls StreamStart (because of the race conditions that could occur) and it succeeds. This means that if the parent connection is shutdown (e.g. idle timeout or peer initiated) before calling StreamStart then the QUIC_STREAM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE will not be delivered. So, apps that rely on that event to trigger clean up of the stream must handle the case where StreamStart is either not ever called or fails and clean up directly.

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StreamOpen function

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