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C++ API Reference
=================

*Fast DDS*, as a Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard implementation, exposes the DDS Data-Centric Publish-Subscribe
(DCPS) Platform Independent Model (PIM) API, as specified in the
`DDS specification <https://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.4/PDF>`_.
Furthermore, is also gives the user the possibility to directly interact with the underlying Real-time
Publish-Subscribe (RTPS) API that DDS implements for wired communications, as specified in the
`RTPS standard <https://www.omg.org/spec/DDSI-RTPS/2.2/PDF>`_.

This section presents the most commonly used APIs provided by *Fast DDS*.
For more information about the API reference, please refer to
`Fast DDS API reference <https://www.eprosima.com/docs/fast-rtps/latest/API>`_.

.. toctree::

   /fastdds/api_reference/dds_pim/dds_pim
   /fastdds/api_reference/rtps/rtps
   /fastdds/api_reference/transport/transport
   /fastdds/api_reference/log/log
   /fastdds/api_reference/statistics/statistics