cherry-pick/merge 4e5e65e2

opcua/common/ua_utils.py

@@ -266,3 +266,14 @@ def get_default_value(uatype):
         return ua.get_default_value(getattr(ua.VariantType, uatype))
     else:
         return getattr(ua, uatype)()
+
+
+def data_type_to_string(dtype):
+    # we could just display browse name of node but it requires a query
+    if dtype.Identifier in ua.ObjectIdNames:
+        string = ua.ObjectIdNames[dtype.Identifier]
+    else:
+        string = dtype.to_string()
+    return string
+
+