[Dime] Enumerated Type

Carlos Fangmeier <carlos.fangmeier@gmail.com> Fri, 15 January 2016 12:27 UTC

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Hi everyone

In my work I implemented a diameter serializer/des-serializer from/to
a human readable json-like data structure. It is based on a dynamic
engine, capable of reading the message structure direct from the ABNF
command code specifictaion.
During the coding I realized that the diameter abnf grammar do not
consider a way to define the associated tags (human readable) for each
posbile value of a enumerated type. With a light modification to the
grammar it is possible to achieve it, and it gave the capability to my
serializer to validate and translate the value from/to the human
readable form.

Is this functionality beyond the scope of the diameter specification,
or is there a reason for not including it?

Thanks for your comments.


Carlos Fangmeier

[Dime] Enumerated Type Carlos Fangmeier