Connector for Rust

What does it do?

RTI Connector for Rust provides DDS developers with a low-friction, configuration-driven API to experiment with Rust. By exposing the Connector source code, RTI enables safe evaluation of Rust in Connext, without requiring a fully native, idiomatic Rust DDS API. 

RTI’s Connector-based approach offers a practical on-ramp to try out Rust. For system architects in automotive and defense, it provides an early path to secure, memory-safe systems, without production risk or architectural lock-in

Features and Benefits

Faster Time to Integration with Configuration-Driven Design

DDS entities (participants, topics, readers, writers, types) are fully defined in an external XML configuration file. Built on DDS Dynamic Data, eliminating the need for IDL-based code generation.

High-Level Data Access with Rust Ergonomics

Strong Rust abstractions with iterator-based data access. Serde-based serialization and deserialization for working with typed Rust structs. Reuse existing Rust domain models, reduce runtime errors, and gain compile-time confidence while still benefiting from DDS’s flexibility.

Quick Development of PoCs and Tests

Teams can quickly stand up prototypes, simulations, and test harnesses without waiting to build full production grade applications.