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diff --git a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml index e39b47ff20..dfa8db32dd 100644 --- a/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml +++ b/lib/asn1/doc/src/asn1_ug.xml @@ -134,19 +134,17 @@ <title>A First Example</title> <p>The following example demonstrates the basic functionality used to run the Erlang ASN.1 compiler.</p> - <p>First, create a file called <c>People.asn</c> containing the following:</p> + <p>Create a file called <c>People.asn</c> containing the following:</p> <pre> -People DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::= - +People DEFINITIONS AUTOMATIC TAGS ::= BEGIN -EXPORTS Person; - -Person ::= [PRIVATE 19] SEQUENCE { - name PrintableString, - location INTEGER {home(0),field(1),roving(2)}, - age INTEGER OPTIONAL } + Person ::= SEQUENCE { + name PrintableString, + location INTEGER {home(0),field(1),roving(2)}, + age INTEGER OPTIONAL + } END </pre> - <p>This file (<c>people.asn</c>) must be compiled before it can be + <p>This file (<c>People.asn</c>) must be compiled before it can be used. The ASN.1 compiler checks that the syntax is correct and that the text represents proper ASN.1 code before generating an abstract @@ -158,14 +156,14 @@ END </pre> The following shows how the compiler can be called from the Erlang shell:</p> <pre> -1><input>asn1ct:compile("People", [ber]).</input> +1><input> asn1ct:compile("People", [ber]).</input> ok 2> </pre> <p>The <c>verbose</c> option can be given to have information about the generated files printed:</p> <pre> -2><input>asn1ct:compile("People", [ber,verbose]).</input> +2><input> asn1ct:compile("People", [ber,verbose]).</input> Erlang ASN.1 compiling "People.asn" --{generated,"People.asn1db"}-- --{generated,"People.hrl"}-- @@ -173,17 +171,17 @@ Erlang ASN.1 compiling "People.asn" ok 3> </pre> - <p>The ASN.1 module People is now accepted and the abstract syntax tree - is saved in the <c>People.asn1db</c> file, the - generated Erlang code is compiled using the Erlang compiler and - loaded into the Erlang runtime system. Now there is a user interface - for <c>encode/2</c> and <c>decode/2</c> in the module People, - which is invoked by: - <br></br> -<c><![CDATA['People':encode(<Type name>,<Value>),]]></c> <br></br> - + <p>The ASN.1 module <c>People</c> is now accepted and the + abstract syntax tree is saved in the <c>People.asn1db</c> file; + the generated Erlang code is compiled using the Erlang compiler + and loaded into the Erlang runtime system. Now there is an API + for <c>encode/2</c> and <c>decode/2</c> in the module + <c>People</c>, which is invoked by: <br></br> + <c><![CDATA['People':encode(<Type name>, <Value>)]]></c> + <br></br> or <br></br> -<c><![CDATA['People':decode(<Type name>,<Value>),]]></c></p> +<c><![CDATA['People':decode(<Type name>, <Value>)]]></c></p> + <p>Assume there is a network application which receives instances of the ASN.1 defined type Person, modifies and sends them back again:</p> @@ -206,8 +204,7 @@ receive constructed and encoded using <c>'People':encode('Person',Answer)</c> which takes an instance of a defined ASN.1 type and transforms it to a - binary according to the BER or PER - encoding-rules. + binary according to the BER or PER encoding rules. <br></br> The encoder and the decoder can also be run from the shell.</p> |