As far as I can understand, it is used for fields that would have exactly one value at any given time, but as of now no other value can be thought of.
And if we do not keep it as CHOICE now, then type would need to be changed in future definitions, which would not be acceptable. Thanks and Best Regards, Vishal Choudhary. ==================== Great minds DON'T think alike. If they did the patent office would only have about fifty inventions - Wally (Dilbert) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Banibrata Dutta Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 8:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ASN1] CHOICE with just 1 alternative field Hi, I've got an ASN.1 questions (based on the ITU-T TCAP Q.773 spec).. What's the significance of a type-definition s.a. a CHOICE with only one component/field in it. E.g. UniDialoguePDU ::= CHOICE {unidialoguePDU AUDT-apdu } thanks & regards, Banibrata Dutta Hewlett-Packard ISO Pvt. Ltd, 29, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560052, India. Tel: +91-80-22051796 _______________________________________________ ASN1 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1 -- ***************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This footnote also confirms that this message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ***************************************************************** -- ***************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Any opinions expressed in the email are those of the individual and not necessarily the company. This footnote also confirms that this message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ***************************************************************** _______________________________________________ ASN1 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.asn1.org/mailman/listinfo/asn1
