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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml index 0117c1c88a..5124b49484 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml @@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ '<seealso marker="diameter_dict#MESSAGE_RECORDS">diameter_dict(4)</seealso>'> <!ENTITY types '<seealso marker="diameter_dict#DATA_TYPES">diameter_dict(4)</seealso>'> - <!ENTITY % also SYSTEM "seealso.ent" > + <!ENTITY decode_format + '<seealso marker="diameter#decode_format">decode format</seealso>'> + +<!ENTITY % also SYSTEM "seealso.ent" > <!ENTITY % here SYSTEM "seehere.ent" > %also; %here; @@ -145,7 +148,8 @@ question.</p> <p> The decoded value of an AVP. Will be <c>undefined</c> on decode if the data bytes could -not be decoded or the AVP is unknown. +not be decoded, the AVP is unknown, or if the &decode_format; is +<c>none</c>. The type of a decoded value is as document in &types;.</p> </item> @@ -230,7 +234,8 @@ header.</p> </item> <tag> -<marker id="message"/><c>message() = record() | list()</c></tag> +<marker id="message"/><c>message() = record() + | maybe_improper_list()</c></tag> <item> <p> The representation of a Diameter message as passed to @@ -240,7 +245,10 @@ a message as defined in a dictionary file is encoded as a record with one field for each component AVP. Equivalently, a message can also be encoded as a list whose head is the atom-valued message name (as specified in the relevant dictionary -file) and whose tail is a list of <c>{AvpName, AvpValue}</c> pairs.</p> +file) and whose tail is either a list of AVP name/values +pairs or a map with values keyed on AVP names. +The format at decode is determined by &mod_decode_format;. +Any of the formats is accepted at encode.</p> <p> Another list-valued representation allows a message to be specified @@ -283,15 +291,16 @@ value other than <c>undefined</c>.</p> <item> <p> The incoming/outgoing message. -For an incoming message, a record if the message can be -decoded in a non-relay application, <c>undefined</c> otherwise. +For an incoming message, a term corresponding to the configured +&decode_format; if the message can be decoded in a non-relay +application, <c>undefined</c> otherwise. For an outgoing message, setting a <c>[&header; | &avp;]</c> list is equivalent to setting the <c>header</c> and <c>avps</c> fields to the corresponding values.</p> <warning> <p> -A record-valued <c>msg</c> field does <em>not</em> imply an absence of +A value in the <c>msg</c> field does <em>not</em> imply an absence of decode errors. The <c>errors</c> field should also be examined.</p> </warning> |