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<title>diameter_make(3)</title>
<prepared>Anders Svensson</prepared>
<responsible></responsible>
<docno></docno>
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<checked></checked>
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
<file>diameter_make.xml</file>
</header>

<module>diameter_make</module>
<modulesummary>Diameter dictionary compilation.</modulesummary>

<description>

<p>
The function &codec; is used to compile a diameter
&dictionary; into Erlang source.
The resulting source implements the interface diameter required
to encode and decode the dictionary's messages and AVPs.</p>

<p>
The utility &man_compile; provides an alternate compilation
interface.</p>

</description>

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<funcs>

<func>
<name>codec(File :: iolist() | binary(), [Opt]) -> ok
                                                 | {ok, [Out]}
                                                 | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Compile a dictionary file into Erlang source.</fsummary>
<desc>

<p>
Compile a single dictionary file.
The input <c>File</c> can be either a path or a literal dictionary,
the occurrence of newline (ascii NL) or carriage return (ascii CR)
identifying the latter.
<c>Opt</c> determines the format of the results and whether they are
written to file or returned, and can have the following types.</p>

<taglist>

<tag><c>parse | forms | erl | hrl</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Specifies an output format.
Whether the output is returned or written to file depends on whether
or not option <c>return</c> is specified.
When written to file, the resulting file(s) will have extensions
<c>.D</c>, <c>.F</c>, <c>.erl</c>, and <c>.hrl</c>
respectively, basenames defaulting to <c>dictionary</c> if the input
dictionary is literal and does not specify <c>&dict_name;</c>.
When returned, results are in the order of the corresponding format
options.
Format options default to <c>erl</c> and <c>hrl</c> (in this order) if
unspecified.</p>

<p>
The <c>parse</c> format is an internal representation that can be
passed to &flatten; and &format;, while the <c>forms</c> format can be
passed to &compile_forms2;.
The <c>erl</c> and <c>hrl</c> formats are returned as
iolists.</p>
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     options name and inherits have no effect in this case. -->
</item>

<tag><c>{include, string()}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Prepend the specified directory to the code path.
Use to point at beam files compiled from inherited dictionaries,
<c>&dict_inherits;</c> in a dictionary file creating a beam
dependency, not an erl/hrl dependency.</p>

<p>
Multiple <c>include</c> options can be specified.</p>
</item>

<tag><c>{outdir, string()}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Write generated source to the specified directory.
Defaults to the current working directory.
Has no effect if option <c>return</c> is specified.</p>
</item>

<tag><c>return</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Return results in a <c>{ok, [Out]}</c> tuple instead of writing to
file and returning <c>ok</c>.</p>
</item>

<tag><c>{name|prefix, string()}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Transform the input dictionary before compilation, setting
<c>&dict_name;</c> or <c>&dict_prefix;</c> to the specified
string.</p>
</item>

<tag><c>{inherits, string()}</c></tag>
<item>
<p>
Transform the input dictionary before compilation, appending
<c>&dict_inherits;</c> of the specified string.</p>

<p>
Two forms have special meaning:</p>

<pre>
{inherits, "-"}
{inherits, "Prev/Mod"}
</pre>

<p>
The first has the effect of clearing any previous inherits, the second
of replacing a previous inherits of <c>Prev</c> to one of <c>Mod</c>.
This allows the semantics of the input dictionary to be changed without
modifying the file itself.</p>

<p>
Multiple <c>inherits</c> options can be specified.</p>
</item>

</taglist>

<p>
Note that a dictionary's <c>&dict_name;</c>, together with the
<c>outdir</c> option, determine the output paths when the
<c>return</c> option is not specified.
The <c>&dict_name;</c> of a literal input dictionary defaults to
<c>dictionary</c>.</p>

<p>
A returned error reason can be converted into a readable string using
&format_error;.</p>

</desc>
</func>

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<func>
<name>format(Parsed) -> iolist()</name>
<fsummary>Format a parsed dictionary.</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>
Turns a parsed dictionary, as returned by &codec;, back into the
dictionary format.</p>
</desc>
</func>

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<func>
<name>flatten(Parsed) -> term()</name>
<fsummary>Flatten a parsed dictionary.</fsummary>
<desc>

<p>
Reconstitute a parsed dictionary, as returned by &codec;, without
using <c>&dict_inherits;</c>.
That is, construct an equivalent dictionary in which all AVP's are
definined in the dictionary itself.
The return value is also a parsed dictionary.</p>
</desc>
</func>

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<func>
<name>format_error(Reason) -> string()</name>
<fsummary>Turn an error reason into a readable string.</fsummary>
<desc>

<p>
Turn an error reason returned by &codec; into a readable string.</p>
</desc>
</func>

</funcs>

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<section>
<title>BUGS</title>

<p>
Unrecognized options are silently ignored.</p>
</section>

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<section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>

<p>
&man_compile;, &man_dict;</p>

</section>

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