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Marc Schier fac30c45e6 Add MinSupportedSamplingInterval configuration and honor it when revising sampling intervals (#4243)
# Description

PR #4194 removed the unused
`ServerConfiguration.MinMetadataSamplingInterval` and left nothing in
its place. As a result there was no way to populate
`Server.ServerCapabilities.MinSupportedSampleRate` (`i=2272`) —
`ServerInternalData.CreateServerObjectAsync` hardcoded it to `0`.
Separately, the only clamp applied when revising a monitored item's
sampling interval was the per-node
`BaseVariableState.MinimumSamplingInterval`, which defaults to
`MinimumSamplingIntervals.Continuous` (`0`), so reference-server nodes
accepted any requested interval (e.g. 10 ms) unrevised — exactly what
was reported.

This adds a configuration entry **in the exact schema slot #4194
vacated** and enforces it as a lower bound.

## Configuration

- **`ServerConfiguration.MinSupportedSamplingInterval`** — `double`
(milliseconds), default `0`, `[DataTypeField(Order = 17)]`, i.e. between
`MaxNotificationsPerPublish` (16) and `AvailableSamplingRates` (18).
- `ApplicationConfiguration.xsd` — `<xs:element
name="MinSupportedSamplingInterval" type="xs:double" minOccurs="0" />`
in the same position the removed element occupied.
- Fluent API **`SetMinSupportedSamplingInterval(double)`** on
`IApplicationConfigurationBuilderServerOptions`, in the place
`SetMinMetadataSamplingInterval` was removed from.
- The element is added to the six config XML files #4194 touched
(reference / CTT / AOT / GDS use `0`; `test-server-full.xml` uses a
distinctive non-zero value for the round-trip test).

The address-space Property keeps its OPC UA spec name, so
`Server.ServerCapabilities.MinSupportedSampleRate` and
`VariableIds.Server_ServerCapabilities_MinSupportedSampleRate` are
unchanged.

```xml
<MaxNotificationsPerPublish>1000</MaxNotificationsPerPublish>
<MinSupportedSamplingInterval>2000</MinSupportedSamplingInterval>
<AvailableSamplingRates>
```

```csharp
application.Build(applicationUri, productUri)
    .AsServer([endpointUrl])
    .SetMinSupportedSamplingInterval(2000);
```

## Behavior

- `ServerInternalData` now publishes the configured value to
`Server.ServerCapabilities.MinSupportedSampleRate`.
- New `SubscriptionManager.CalculateRevisedSamplingInterval(...)` (two
overloads, alongside the existing `CalculateRevisedQueueSize`)
centralizes the revision rule and replaces the logic that was duplicated
across four call sites — the create and modify paths of
`AsyncCustomNodeManager` and `CustomNodeManager` — which now expose a
`MinSupportedSamplingInterval` property seeded from the configuration
(mirroring how `MaxQueueSize` is initialized).

The rule:

1. A requested interval below zero resolves to the *default sampling
interval*: the **publishing interval of the subscription** on create,
and the item's **current sampling interval** on modify. The modify case
preserves 1.5.378 behavior, so a `ModifyMonitoredItems` call that leaves
the sampling interval unspecified does not silently retune the item.
2. A node declaring `MinimumSamplingIntervals.Continuous` (`0`) for the
`Value` Attribute reports **by exception** and is **not** bound by the
server-wide minimum — the requested interval is returned unchanged.
3. Every other item is raised to `max(nodeMinimumSamplingInterval,
MinSupportedSamplingInterval)`. Attributes other than `Value`, nodes
declaring `MinimumSamplingIntervals.Indeterminate` (`-1`), and
non-Variable nodes are bound only by `MinSupportedSamplingInterval`.
4. `double.MaxValue` is capped to one year (pre-existing behavior, now
in one place).

Event monitored items do not sample and are unaffected.

**Backward compatible:** with the default of `0` the computation is
identical to the previous code for every input, including `Continuous`,
`Indeterminate`, positive node minimums, non-`Value` attributes and
`NaN`. No existing configuration or deployment changes behavior.

Node managers that implement `INodeManager` directly can call the new
public helper to apply the same rule.

## Related Issues

- Fixes #4191

The issue thread also asked whether
`Subscription.MaxNotificationsPerPublish` is revised by the server. It
is (`SubscriptionManager.CalculateMaxNotificationsPerPublish`), but it
was untested and is not observable from the `CreateSubscription`
response, which carries no revised field for that parameter. Four tests
were added that assert it through
`SubscriptionDiagnostics.MaxNotificationsPerPublish` on a privileged
session, covering create and modify, the above-limit, below-limit and
`0` (server default) cases.

## Tests

- **`SamplingIntervalRevisionTests`** (17 unit tests,
`Opc.Ua.Server.Tests`) — the full revision matrix: negative request
resolving to the default interval, the `Continuous` bypass,
`Indeterminate`, node minimum above *and* below the floor, a floor of
`0` being a no-op, non-`Value` attributes, non-Variable and null nodes,
and the `double.MaxValue` cap.
- **`MinSupportedSamplingIntervalTests`** (10 integration tests,
`Opc.Ua.Subscriptions.Tests`) — against a reference server configured
with a 500 ms floor: the capabilities node reflects the configuration; a
node declaring 100 ms is lifted to 500 ms;
`Scalar_Static_Arrays2D_LocalizedText` (1000 ms) wins over the floor;
`CurrentTime` (250 ms) is lifted; a `Continuous` node keeps its 10 ms; a
non-`Value` attribute is floored; `ModifyMonitoredItems` behaves the
same in both directions; event items are unaffected.
- Restored the configuration builder and round-trip test coverage that
#4194 deleted.
- `TestFixture` gained a `protected virtual void
ConfigureServer(ApplicationConfiguration)` hook so a derived fixture can
vary the server configuration before start. Default implementation is a
no-op, so no existing fixture changes behavior.

## Documentation

- `docs/Subscriptions.md` — new **Sampling interval revision** section
with the input table, the four-step rule (including both
negative-interval fallbacks), XML and fluent configuration examples, and
guidance for custom node managers.
- `docs/migrate/2.0.x/configuration.md` — new section documenting that
`MinMetadataSamplingInterval` was removed and
`MinSupportedSamplingInterval` added. Verified against `master378`: the
old setting defaulted to `1000` but was never read, and
`MinSupportedSampleRate` was hardcoded to `0` with no server-wide floor.
The guide therefore stresses that these are **two different settings,
not a rename** — consumers should drop the old element (a default of `0`
reproduces 1.5.378 exactly) and only opt into the new one deliberately,
since reusing the old value would silently introduce a sampling floor.

## Validation

- `dotnet build UA.slnx` — **0 warnings, 0 errors** across all TFMs.
- .NET 10: `Opc.Ua.Server.Tests` 4091 passed,
`Opc.Ua.Subscriptions.Tests` 619 passed (full suite including the new
fixture), `Opc.Ua.InformationModel.Tests` 1063 passed,
`Opc.Ua.Configuration.Tests` 221 passed, `Opc.Ua.Gds.Tests` 119 passed.
- .NET Framework 4.8: new unit tests (200 incl. sampling groups), new
integration tests (17) and configuration round-trip (135) all passed.
- `ConsoleReferenceServer` starts successfully with the updated
configuration file.

## Checklist

- [x] I have signed the
[CLA](https://opcfoundation.org/license/cla/ContributorLicenseAgreementv1.0.pdf)
and read the
[CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/OPCFoundation/UA-.NETStandard/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
doc.
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works and increased code coverage.
- [x] I have added all necessary documentation.
- [x] I have verified that my changes do not introduce (new) build or
analyzer warnings.
- [x] I ran **all** tests locally using the **UA.slnx** solution against
at least .net **framework** and .net **10**, and all passed.
- [ ] I fixed **all** failing and flaky tests in the CI pipelines and
**all** CodeQL warnings.
- [x] I have addressed **all** PR feedback received.

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