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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml')
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml index a0313e2877..0117c1c88a 100644 --- a/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml +++ b/lib/diameter/doc/src/diameter_codec.xml @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> -<year>2012</year><year>2016</year> +<year>2012</year> +<year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -53,17 +54,17 @@ communicated to &man_app; callbacks. Similarly, outgoing Diameter messages are encoded into binary() before being passed to the appropriate &man_transport; module for transmission. -The functions in this module implement this encode/decode.</p> +The functions documented here implement the default encode/decode.</p> -<note> +<warning> <p> -Calls to this module are made by diameter itself as a consequence of -configuration passed to &mod_start_service;. -The encode/decode functions may also be useful for other purposes (eg. -test) but the diameter user does not need to call them explicitly when +The diameter user does not need to call functions here explicitly when sending and receiving messages using &mod_call; and the callback -interface documented in &man_app;.</p> -</note> +interface documented in &man_app;: diameter itself provides encode/decode +as a consequence of configuration passed to &mod_start_service;, and +the results may differ from those returned by the functions documented +here, depending on configuration.</p> +</warning> <p> The &header; and &packet; records below @@ -88,10 +89,9 @@ files resulting from dictionary file compilation.</p> <taglist> -<marker id="integers"/> - -<tag><c>uint8() = 0..255</c></tag> -<tag><c>uint24() = 0..16777215</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="integers"/><c>uint8() = 0..255</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>uint24() = 0..16777215</c></tag><item/> <tag><c>uint32() = 0..4294967295</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -99,9 +99,8 @@ files resulting from dictionary file compilation.</p> headers.</p> </item> -<marker id="avp"/> - -<tag><c>avp() = #diameter_avp{}</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="avp"/><c>avp() = #diameter_avp{}</c></tag> <item> <p> The application-neutral representation of an AVP. @@ -116,9 +115,9 @@ Fields have the following types.</p> <taglist> -<tag><c>code = uint32()</c></tag> -<tag><c>is_mandatory = boolean()</c></tag> -<tag><c>need_encryption = boolean()</c></tag> +<tag><c>code = uint32()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>is_mandatory = boolean()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>need_encryption = boolean()</c></tag><item/> <tag><c>vendor_id = uint32() | undefined</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -167,9 +166,8 @@ Possible types are <c>undefined</c> and the Diameter types: </item> -<marker id="dictionary"/> - -<tag><c>dictionary() = module()</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="dictionary"/><c>dictionary() = module()</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -179,9 +177,8 @@ The interface provided by a dictionary module is an implementation detail that may change.</p> </item> -<marker id="header"/> - -<tag><c>header() = #diameter_header{}</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="header"/><c>header() = #diameter_header{}</c></tag> <item> <p> The record representation of the Diameter header. @@ -204,11 +201,11 @@ Fields have the following types.</p> <taglist> -<tag><c>version = uint8()</c></tag> -<tag><c>length = uint24()</c></tag> -<tag><c>cmd_code = uint24()</c></tag> -<tag><c>application_id = uint32()</c></tag> -<tag><c>hop_by_hop_id = uint32()</c></tag> +<tag><c>version = uint8()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>length = uint24()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>cmd_code = uint24()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>application_id = uint32()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>hop_by_hop_id = uint32()</c></tag><item/> <tag><c>end_to_end_id = uint32()</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -217,9 +214,9 @@ Hop-by-Hop Identifier and End-to-End Identifier fields of the Diameter header.</p> </item> -<tag><c>is_request = boolean()</c></tag> -<tag><c>is_proxiable = boolean()</c></tag> -<tag><c>is_error = boolean()</c></tag> +<tag><c>is_request = boolean()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>is_proxiable = boolean()</c></tag><item/> +<tag><c>is_error = boolean()</c></tag><item/> <tag><c>is_retransmitted = boolean()</c></tag> <item> <p> @@ -232,9 +229,8 @@ header.</p> </item> -<marker id="message"/> - -<tag><c>message() = record() | list()</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="message"/><c>message() = record() | list()</c></tag> <item> <p> The representation of a Diameter message as passed to @@ -257,9 +253,8 @@ question: messages are sent exactly as specified.</p> </item> -<marker id="packet"/> - -<tag><c>packet() = #diameter_packet{}</c></tag> +<tag> +<marker id="packet"/><c>packet() = #diameter_packet{}</c></tag> <item> <p> A container for incoming and outgoing Diameter messages. @@ -296,7 +291,7 @@ corresponding values.</p> <warning> <p> -A record-valued <c>msg</c> field does <b>not</b> imply an absence of +A record-valued <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> |