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author | Anders Svensson <[email protected]> | 2012-11-20 13:11:19 +0100 |
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committer | Anders Svensson <[email protected]> | 2012-11-22 17:56:37 +0100 |
commit | 67ffc483c80d29334c6c7739bcf1be756f374dfb (patch) | |
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Add content to diameter_codec(3) and diameter_make(3)
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diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml index 4a6cccc276..eb6cf9ba86 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_dict.xml @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "fileref.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY format + '<seealso marker="#FILE_FORMAT">FILE FORMAT</seealso>'> + <!ENTITY records + '<seealso marker="#MESSAGE_RECORDS">MESSAGE RECORDS</seealso>'> + <!ENTITY types + '<seealso marker="#DATA_TYPES">DATA TYPES</seealso>'> <!ENTITY % also SYSTEM "seealso.ent" > <!ENTITY % here SYSTEM "seehere.ent" > %also; @@ -45,29 +51,28 @@ under the License. <description> <p> -A diameter service as configured with &mod_start_service; +A diameter service, as configured with &mod_start_service;, specifies one or more supported Diameter applications. Each Diameter application specifies a dictionary module that knows how to encode and decode its messages and AVPs. The dictionary module is in turn generated from a file that defines these messages and AVPs. -The format of such a file is defined in -<seealso marker="#FILE_FORMAT">FILE FORMAT</seealso> below. +The format of such a file is defined in &format; below. Users add support for their specific applications by creating dictionary files, compiling them to Erlang modules using -<seealso marker="diameterc">diameterc</seealso> and configuring the +either &man_compile; or &man_make; and configuring the resulting dictionaries modules on a service.</p> <p> -The codec generation also results in a hrl file that defines records -for the messages and grouped AVPs defined for the application, these -records being what a user of the diameter application sends and receives. -(Modulo other available formats as discussed in &man_app;.) +Dictionary module generation also results in a hrl file that defines +records for the messages and Grouped AVPs defined by the +dictionary, these records being what a user of the diameter +application sends and receives, modulo other possible formats as +discussed in &man_app;. These records and the underlying Erlang data types corresponding to -Diameter data formats are discussed in <seealso -marker="#MESSAGE_RECORDS">MESSAGE RECORDS</seealso> and <seealso -marker="#DATA_TYPES">DATA TYPES</seealso> respectively. -The generated hrl also contains defines for the possible values of +Diameter data formats are discussed in &records; and &types; +respectively. +The generated hrl also contains macro definitions for the possible values of AVPs of type Enumerated.</p> <p> @@ -111,6 +116,8 @@ The order in which sections are specified is unimportant.</p> <taglist> +<marker id="id"/> + <tag><c>@id Number</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -134,6 +141,8 @@ Example:</p> </item> +<marker id="name"/> + <tag><c>@name Mod</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -155,6 +164,8 @@ Example:</p> </item> +<marker id="prefix"/> + <tag><c>@prefix Name</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -178,6 +189,8 @@ Example:</p> </item> +<marker id="vendor"/> + <tag><c>@vendor Number Name</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -198,6 +211,8 @@ Example:</p> </item> +<marker id="avp_vendor_id"/> + <tag><c>@avp_vendor_id Number</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -218,6 +233,8 @@ Region-Set </item> +<marker id="inherits"/> + <tag><c>@inherits Mod</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -253,6 +270,8 @@ Example:</p> </item> +<marker id="avp_types"/> + <tag><c>@avp_types</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -263,7 +282,7 @@ The section consists of definitions of the form</p> <p> where Code is the integer AVP code, Type identifies an AVP Data Format -as defined in <seealso marker="#DATA_TYPES">DATA TYPES</seealso> below, +as defined in section &types; below, and Flags is a string of V, M and P characters indicating the flags to be set on an outgoing AVP or a single <c>'-'</c> (minus) character if none are to be set.</p> @@ -287,6 +306,8 @@ to conform to the current draft standard.</p> </item> +<marker id="custom_types"/> + <tag><c>@custom_types Mod</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -308,6 +329,8 @@ Framed-IP-Address </pre> </item> +<marker id="codecs"/> + <tag><c>@codecs Mod</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -325,6 +348,8 @@ Framed-IP-Address </pre> </item> +<marker id="messages"/> + <tag><c>@messages</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -370,6 +395,8 @@ RTA ::= < Diameter Header: 287, PXY > </item> +<marker id="grouped"/> + <tag><c>@grouped</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -395,6 +422,8 @@ Specifying a Vendor-Id in the definition of a grouped AVP is equivalent to specifying it with <c>@avp_vendor_id</c>.</p> </item> +<marker id="enum"/> + <tag><c>@enum Name</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -421,6 +450,8 @@ REMOVE_SIP_SERVER 3 </pre> </item> +<marker id="end"/> + <tag><c>@end</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -447,8 +478,8 @@ The hrl generated from a dictionary specification defines records for the messages and grouped AVPs defined in <c>@messages</c> and <c>@grouped</c> sections. For each message or grouped AVP definition, a record is defined whose -name is the message or AVP name prefixed with any dictionary prefix -defined with <c>@prefix</c> and whose fields are the names of the AVPs +name is the message or AVP name, prefixed with any dictionary prefix +defined with <c>@prefix</c>, and whose fields are the names of the AVPs contained in the message or grouped AVP in the order specified in the definition in question. For example, the grouped AVP</p> @@ -640,7 +671,7 @@ Values of these types are not currently parsed by diameter.</p> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p> -&man_compile;, &man_main;, &man_app;</p> +&man_compile;, &man_main;, &man_app;, &man_codec;, &man_make;</p> </section> |