[erlang-questions] Erlang RPC over Diameter

[Ulf Wiger]

I will confess that I haven't got any good examples of when anything
more detailed than ETerm would be needed.

I guess I was going for something UBF-like... But mainly, I thought
I'd raise the possibility.

Thanks for playing. :) /U


2007/6/23, Thomas Lindgren <thomasl_erlang@REDACTED>:
>
> --- "Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB)" <ulf.wiger@REDACTED>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Given that a number (> 1) of Erlang people are
> > hacking away at
> > Diameter stacks, what would you think about agreeing
> > on some
> > derived types for carrying erlang information?
> ...
> > One could make it really easy, and encode/decode all
> > types as ETerm, and have specific types, EInteger,
> > etc.
> > coded the same way, but restricted to the
> > corresponding
> > Erlang types.
> >
> > In Diameter parlance, ETerm would be a derived type
> > based on the base type OctetString, but we would
> > then
> > add the restriction that it conform to the Erlang
> > Term format.
> >
> > Tuples and lists should perhaps be grouped AVPs: ...
>
> The best format depends on what should be done with
> the data. Opaque Erlang data can just be put in an
> OctetString with some extra constraints; that should
> be straightforward. If the data supposed to be
> examined by the diameter application then a more
> diameter-oriented data type would be needed.
>
> Is the latter needed though? It just lifts the problem
> into the erlang domain, while I think most would
> prefer defining more problem-specific AVPs directly,
> rather than going via a general "term" data structure,
> then restricting that. (I calmly confess I haven't
> thought through all the possible uses.)
>
> NB: I'm not aware of any recursively defined AVPs. I'm
> not sure that will be greeted with any cries of joy
> :-)
>
> In conclusion: transporting opaque erlang data seems
> uncontroversial; a set of diameter AVPs mirroring
> erlang terms seems less clear a win, but who knows?
> Writing down the AVP definitions seems pretty
> straightforward.
>
> Best,
> Thomas
>
>
>
>
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