[DFDL-WG] proposal: add fn:error function and dfdl:hex function to DFDL

[Mike Beckerle]

Actually, fn:error was added in order to allow a DFDL Expression to create
a normal processing error.

You need a different mechanism, which is a fatalError type for the
dfdl:assert annotation.

I have noticed that the use of 'validation' in DFDL is the opposite of the
way other people use 'validation'. In the DFDL spec, validation generally
just creates warnings and continues parsing. It can't even affect the parse
unless you call checkConstrants(....) from an assert. But the CDS community
uses validation to indicate an immediate need to stop. I.e., invalid ==
"dangerous".

...mikeb

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Garriss Jr., James P.
<jgarriss at mitre.org>wrote:

>  > fn:error, if called from inside an assert or discriminator, causes the
> assert or discriminator to fail (as with any processing error that occurs
> during evaluation of the assert or discriminator expression).  ****
>
> ** **
>
> Is this intended to address the issue I raised?  If so, I think this is
> not sufficient.  I need to have the option to cause a validation error, not
> a processing error.  If not, please ignore this interruption.  :-)****
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* dfdl-wg-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:dfdl-wg-bounces at ogf.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Mike Beckerle
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 09, 2013 11:29 AM
> *To:* dfdl-wg at ogf.org
> *Subject:* Re: [DFDL-WG] proposal: add fn:error function and dfdl:hex
> function to DFDL****
>
> ** **
>
> Proposal revised for dfdl:hex, and clarification added on fn:error when
> used inside assert.
>
> Revised language below:
>
> Proposed: add fn:error function and add dfdl:hexBinary function.
>
> DFDL only needs one of the several variations of fn:error.
>
> fn:error($error as xs:QName?, $description as xs:string) as none
>
> The behavior of fn:error in DFDL expressions is the same as described in
> XPath 2.0, an example is given below.
>
> dfdl:hexBinary($arg as xs:anyAtomicType?) as xs:hexBinary?
>
> This function provides an extension to the behavior of the xs:hexBinary
> constructor. The argument can be a string, in which case the behavior is as
> the xs:hexBinary constructor. The argument can also be a long,
> unsignedLong, or any subtype thereof, and in that case a string containing
> hexadecimal digits is produced. The hexadecimal digits produced that are
> letters are always uppercase. The number of hex digits in the resulting
> string is a function of the input type. If byte or unsigned byte, exactly 2
> hex digits are produced, for short and unsignedShort, 4 hex digits, and so
> on. The hex digits correspond to a big-endian representation of a
> twos-complement binary representation of the argument value. So:
>
> dfdl:short(xs:concat('x', dfdl:hexBinary(xs:short(208)))) eq xs:short(208)
>
> is true, and a corresponding tautology holds for all the other DFDL
> functions that construct integers from hexadecimal, if you replace the 208
> above with a value in range for the corresponding numeric type.
>
> If the argument is a numeric literal, then the smallest signed integer
> type (long, int, short, byte) is selected that can contain the value, and
> the number of hexadecimal digits produced corresponds to that type. So:
>
> dfdl:hexBinary(208) eq 'D0'
> dfdl:hexBinary(-2084) eq 'F7FF'
>
> Example of fn:error and dfdl:hexBinary:
>
> This expression allows a meaningful error message that includes the
> offending parts of data.
>
> fn:error(ex:magic_number, fn:concat("The magic number: 0x",
> dfdl:hexBinary(.), " was not 0xA1B2C3D4 (for bigEndian) or 0xD4C3B2A1 (for
> littleEndian)."))
>
> The $error argument (of type QName) is used in an implementation-dependent
> manner to provide the context of the error. So for example, if namespace
> prefix 'ex' is bound to 'http://example.com' then the above call might
> produce:
>
> "Error: {http://example.com}magic_number - The magic number: 0xFEFF0000
> was not 0xA1B2C3D4 (for bigEndian) or 0xD4C3B2A1 (for littleEndian)."
>
> Only the part of the above string after the hyphen is standardized. The
> hyphen and part before the hyphen is implementation dependent.
>
> fn:error, if called from inside an assert or discriminator, causes the
> assert or discriminator to fail (as with any processing error that occurs
> during evaluation of the assert or discriminator expression).  If the
> assert or discriminator has a message property, then it is implementation
> dependent how that message string is combined with the description string
> argument provided to the fn:error function.
>
> ****
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Mike Beckerle <mbeckerle.dfdl at gmail.com>
> wrote:****
>
>
> Proposed: add fn:error function and add dfdl:hex function.
>
> DFDL only needs one of the several variations of fn:error****
>
> fn:error($error as xs:QName?, $description as xs:string) as none
>
> dfdl:hex($num as xs:integer) as string****
>
>
> The dfdl:hex function inverts the behavior of the dfdl:byte, and related
> functions (currently also proposed) which take a string specification of a
> hex value. The argument to dfdl:hex can be a long, unsignedLong, or any
> subtype thereof. The number of hex digits in the resulting string is a
> function of the input type. If byte or unsigned byte, exactly 2 hex digits
> are produced, for short and unsignedShort, 4 hex digits, and so on. The
> resulting value contains a prefix 'x' character as its first character. So:
>
> dfdl:short(dfdl:hex(xs:short(208))) eq xs:short(208)
>
> is true, and a corresponding tautology holds for all the other DFDL
> functions that construct integers from hexadecimal, if you replace the 208
> above with a value in range for the corresponding numeric type.
>
> Example:
>
> This allows a meaningful error message that includes the offending parts
> of data.
>
> fn:error(ex:magic_number, fn:concat("The magic number: 0", dfdl:hex(.), "
> was not 0xA1B2C3D4 (for bigEndian) or 0xD4C3B2A1 (for littleEndian)."))
>
> The $error argument (of type QName) is used in an implementation-dependent
> manner to provide the context of the error. So for example, if namespace
> prefix 'ex' is bound to 'http://example.com' then the above call might
> produce:
>
> "Error: {http://example.com}magic_number - The magic number: 0xFEFF0000
> was not 0xA1B2C3D4 (for bigEndian) or 0xD4C3B2A1 (for littleEndian)."
>
> Only the part of the above string after the hyphen is standardized. The
> hyphen and part before the hyphen is implementation dependent. ****
>
>
>
>
> --
> Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology |
> www.tresys.com****
>



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