Diameter Client Output

Name: Use this field to specify or change the component's name, which must be unique in the application. The name must contain only alphabetic characters, numbers, and underscores, and no hyphens or other special characters. The first character must be alphabetic or an underscore.

Adapter: A read-only field that shows the formal name of the adapter.

Start with application: If this field is set to Yes or to a module parameter that evaluates to true, an instance of this adapter starts as part of the containing StreamBase Server. If this field is set to No or to a module parameter that evaluates to false, the adapter is loaded with the server, but does not start until you send an sbadmin resume command, or until you start the component with StreamBase Manager. With this option set to No or false, the adapter does not start even if the application as a whole is suspended and later resumed. The recommended setting is selected by default.

Enable Error Output Port: Select this check box to add an Error Port to this component. In the EventFlow canvas, the Error Port shows as a red output port, always the last port for the component. See Using Error Ports and Error Streams to learn about Error Ports.

Description: Optionally enter text to briefly describe the component's purpose and function. In the EventFlow canvas, you can see the description by pressing Ctrl while the component's tooltip is displayed.

Use the Concurrency tab to specify parallel regions for this instance of this component, or multiplicity options, or both. The Concurrency tab settings are described in Concurrency Options, and dispatch styles are described in Dispatch Styles.

The following lists the Diameter message types that are handled internally if they are not exposed to the EventFlow application

There are two types of unhandled messages: those that are part of the dictionary but not exposed to the EventFlow application, and those messages that are not in the provided dictionary files.

If a Diameter message is received but cannot be found in the dictionary file, then a status and log error message will be output with the error. The client is subsequently disconnected.

If a Diameter message is received and found in the dictionary but no adapter is set up to handle the message, an INFO warning is displayed in the logs that states the application and command code that was received and not handled.

The shared adapter configuration for the Diameter adapters is located in the sbd.sbconf file under the streambase-configuration and adapter-configurations XML elements.

Each shared adapter configuration must be under an element called adapter-configuration with a name attribute of DiameterAdapters. Following that, an element named section with a name attribute of DiameterAdapter is required.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<streambase-configuration xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://www.streambase.com/schemas/sbconf/">
    <adapter-configurations>
        <adapter-configuration name="DiameterAdapters">
            <section name="DiameterAdapter">
                <setting name="id" val="DiameterSectionedMessagesServer"/>
                <setting name="dictionary" val="TestDictionary.json"/>
                <setting name="host" val=""/>
            </section>
            <section name="DiameterAdapter">
                <setting name="id" val="DiameterSectionedMessagesClient"/>
                <setting name="dictionary" val="TestDictionary.json"/>
                <setting name="host" val="127.0.0.1"/>
            </section>
            <section name="DiameterAdapter">
                <setting name="id" val="DiameterSectionedMessagesClient2"/>
                <setting name="dictionary" val="TestDictionary.json"/>
                <setting name="host" val="127.0.0.1"/>
            </section>
        </adapter-configuration>
    </adapter-configurations>
</streambase-configuration>

The Diameter sample that comes with StreamBase includes a BaseDictionary.json file which should be the base for all of your projects. This base dictionary includes all the required information for the Diameter adapters to perform the most basic Diameter protocol functions. The sample also includes a TestDictionary.json that shows the most basic dictionary files, including the base dictionary, to get the adapters up and running.

The following shows the schema to which each dictionary must conform:

{
   "$schema":"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
   "type":"object",
   "properties":{
      "includeDictionary":{
        "type":"array",
         "items":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
               "file":{
                  "type":"string"
               }
            },
            "required":[
               "file"
            ]
         }       
      },
      "settings":{
        "type":"object",
        "properties":{
           "enumAsString":{
              "type":"boolean"
           },
           "applicationAndCommandAsString":{
              "type":"boolean"
           }
        }        
      },
      "vendors":{
         "type":"array",
         "items":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
               "name":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "id":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "code":{
                  "type":"integer"
               }
            },
            "required":[
               "name",
               "id",
               "code"
            ]
         }
      },
      "dataTypes":{
         "type":"array",
         "items":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
               "dataType":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "parentDataType":{
                  "type":"string"
               }
            },
            "required":[
               "dataType"
            ]
         }
      },
      "avps":{
         "type":"array",
         "items":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
               "name":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "code":{
                  "type":"integer"
               },
               "vendorId":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "must":{
                  "type":"array",
                  "items":{
                     "enum":[
                        "M",
                        "V",
                        null
                     ]
                  }
               },
               "must-not":{
                  "type":"array",
                  "items":{
                     "enum":[
                        "M",
                        "V",
                        null
                     ]
                  }
               },
               "type":{
                  "type":"object",
                  "properties":{
                     "dataType":{
                        "type":"string"
                     },
                     "enum":{
                        "type":[
                           "array",
                           "object"
                        ],
                        "items":{
                           "type":"object",
                           "properties":{
                              "value":{
                                 "type":"integer"
                              },
                              "name":{
                                 "type":"string"
                              }
                           },
                           "required":[
                              "name"
                           ]
                        }
                     }
                  },
                  "required":[
                     "dataType"
                  ]
               },
               "grouped":{
                  "type":"array",
                  "items":{
                     "type":"object",
                     "properties":{
                        "name":{
                           "type":"string"
                        },
                        "min":{
                           "type":"integer"
                        },
                        "max":{
                           "type":"integer"
                        }
                     }
                  }
               }
            },
            "required":[
               "name",
               "code"
            ]
         }
      },
      "applications":{
         "type":"array",
         "items":{
            "type":"object",
            "properties":{
               "applicationId":{
                  "type":"integer"
               },
               "name":{
                  "type":"string"
               },
               "commands":{
                  "type":"array",
                  "items":{
                     "type":"object",
                     "properties":{
                        "name":{
                           "type":"string"
                        },
                        "code":{
                           "type":"integer"
                        },
                        "proxiable": {
                            "type":"boolean"
                        },
                        "request":{
                           "type":"array",
                           "items":{
                              "type":"object",
                              "properties":{
                                 "name":{
                                    "type":"string"
                                 },
                                 "min":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "max":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "vendorId":{
                                    "type":"string"
                                 },
                                 "index":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "hidden":{
                                    "type":"boolean"
                                 }
                              },
                              "required":[
                                 "name",
                                 "min"
                              ]
                           }
                        },
                        "answer":{
                           "type":"array",
                           "items":{
                              "type":"object",
                              "properties":{
                                 "name":{
                                    "type":"string"
                                 },
                                 "min":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "max":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "vendorId":{
                                    "type":"string"
                                 },
                                 "index":{
                                    "type":"integer"
                                 },
                                 "hidden":{
                                    "type":"boolean"
                                 }
                              },
                              "required":[
                                 "name",
                                 "min"
                              ]
                           }
                        }
                     },
                     "required":[
                        "name",
                        "code",
                        "proxiable",
                        "request",
                        "answer"
                     ]
                  }
               }
            },
            "required":[
               "commands",
               "applicationId"
            ]
         }
      }
   },
   "required":[
      "vendors",
      "dataTypes",
      "avps",
      "applications"
   ]
}
        

The following are the major categories of the dictionary file and an overview of their usage.