[DFDL-WG] clarification needed about lengthKind='pattern' when the pattern does not match

Mike Beckerle mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com
Tue Jul 9 19:53:05 EDT 2013


>From what I can find, neither the DFDL spec, nor the errata seem to make it
clear that when using lengthKind='pattern' if there is no match to the
lengthPattern regex, it is NOT a processing error, but rather just results
in length 0.

We need to clarify this.

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Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology |
www.tresys.com
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