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<br /><table class="width100" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="form-title" colspan="6"><div class="center">ETSI's Bug Tracker - Part 06: TTCN-3 Control Interface</div></td></tr><tr><td class="form-title" colspan="6">View Issue Details</td></tr><tr><td class="print-spacer" colspan="6"><hr size="1" /></td></tr><tr class="print-category"><td class="print" width="16%">ID</td><td class="print" width="16%">Project</td><td class="print" width="16%">Category</td><td class="print" width="16%">View Status</td><td class="print" width="16%">Date Submitted</td><td class="print" width="16%">Last Update</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">0000423</td><td class="print">Part 06: TTCN-3 Control Interface</td><td class="print">Technical</td><td class="print">public</td><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print">06-12-2007 11:11</td></tr><tr><td class="print-spacer" colspan="6"><hr size="1" /></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Reporter</td><td class="print">Stephan Schulz</td><td class="print" colspan="4">&#160;</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Assigned To</td><td class="print">Ina Schieferdecker</td><td class="print" colspan="4">&#160;</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Priority</td><td class="print">high</td><td class="print-category">Severity</td><td class="print">minor</td><td class="print-category">Reproducibility</td><td class="print">N/A</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Status</td><td class="print">closed</td><td class="print-category">Resolution</td><td class="print">fixed</td><td class="print" colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Platform</td><td class="print"></td><td class="print-category">OS</td><td class="print"></td><td class="print-category">OS Version</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Product Version</td><td class="print">v3.1.1 (published 2005-06)</td><td class="print" colspan="4">&#160;</td></tr><tr><td class="print-category">Target Version</td><td class="print">v3.3.1 (published 2008-04)</td><td class="print-category">Fixed in Version</td><td class="print">v3.3.1 (published 2008-04)</td><td class="print" colspan="2">&#160;</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Clause Reference(s)</td><td class="print" colspan="4">7.2.2.2.11</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Source  (company  - Author)</td><td class="print" colspan="4">Siemens</td></tr><tr><td class="print-spacer" colspan="6"><hr size="1" /></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Summary</td><td class="print" colspan="5">0000423: Encode/Decode of empty record</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Description</td><td class="print" colspan="5">Currently there are three operations on RecordValue within TCI: getField, setField, and getFieldNames. There is however no operation that allows an empty record to be encoded/decoded. It should be also possible to encode/decode empty records. This extension is particularly helpful for quick-testing TTCN-3 code.<br />
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Empty records are not handled in TCI, but can be specified in TTCN-3. (part 6: 7.2.2.2.11, part 1: 6.3.1.0)</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Steps To Reproduce</td><td class="print" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Additional Information</td><td class="print" colspan="5">Proposed Solution:<br />
There should be one more operation that initializes an empty record of a certain &quot;type&quot; of data.</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Tags</td><td class="print" colspan="5">No tags attached.</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Relationships</td><td class="print" colspan="5"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print-category">Attached Files</td><td class="print" colspan="5"><img src="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/images/fileicons/zip.gif" alt="zip" />&#160;es_20187306v030301_CR423.zip (982,668) <span class="italic">04-12-2007 14:40</span><br />http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/file_download.php?file_id=1192&amp;type=bug</td></tr><tr><td class="print-spacer" colspan="6"><hr size="1" /></td></tr><tr><td class="form-title">Issue History</td></tr><tr class="print-category"><td class="row-category-history">Date Modified</td><td class="row-category-history">Username</td><td class="row-category-history">Field</td><td class="row-category-history">Change</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">New Issue</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Clause Reference(s)</td><td class="print"> =&gt; 7.2.2.2.11</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Source  (company  - Author)</td><td class="print"> =&gt; Siemens</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0000323</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 14:49</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">new =&gt; feedback</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">24-11-2006 15:02</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0000328</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">15-06-2007 19:17</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">feedback =&gt; assigned</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">15-06-2007 19:17</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a></td><td class="print">Assigned To</td><td class="print"> =&gt; Ina Schieferdecker</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">18-10-2007 13:10</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Target Version</td><td class="print"> =&gt; Edition 3.3.1 (not yet published)</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">03-12-2007 15:40</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0004243</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 14:40</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0004266</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 14:40</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">File Added: es_20187306v030301_CR423.zip</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 14:41</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0004267</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 14:47</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Resolution</td><td class="print">open =&gt; fixed</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 16:37</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Assigned To</td><td class="print">Ina Schieferdecker =&gt; Thomas DeiÃŸ</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:13</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0004292</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:13</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">assigned =&gt; resolved</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:14</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">resolved =&gt; feedback</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:14</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Resolution</td><td class="print">fixed =&gt; reopened</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:14</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Note Added: 0004293</td><td class="print"></td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:15</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Assigned To</td><td class="print">Thomas DeiÃŸ =&gt; Ina Schieferdecker</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:15</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">feedback =&gt; resolved</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">04-12-2007 17:15</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a></td><td class="print">Resolution</td><td class="print">reopened =&gt; fixed</td></tr><tr class="print"><td class="print">06-12-2007 11:11</td><td class="print"><a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a></td><td class="print">Status</td><td class="print">resolved =&gt; 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				(0000323)
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				24-11-2006 14:49&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				Waiting for providers comments			</td>
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=56">Stephan Schulz</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				24-11-2006 15:02&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				Provider to clarify if CreateNewInstance solves the problem			</td>
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				03-12-2007 15:40&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				If a record type does not contain any fields, then obviously it is not possible to set a field to a specific value, nor set a field to be absent or present.<br />
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But if a value of such a type is created, then it is uninitialized (see explanation of newInstance(), clause 7.2.2.1.).<br />
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This means there is no means to create an initialized value of an empty record type. Hence, none can be used for encoding/decoding.<br />
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I suggest to extend the TCI such that newly created instances of empty record and set types are considered initialized. Either a note could be added to the definition of newInstance() or to clause 7.2.2.11.<br />
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Creating 'empty' records of arbitrary record types is not considered a good solution as mandatory fields would still have to be uninitialized.			</td>
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				04-12-2007 14:40&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				Notes to both the NewInstance description and section 7.2.2.11 added			</td>
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=81">Ina Schieferdecker</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				04-12-2007 14:41&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				The resolution is using already the updated text from CR2000 and CR2146.			</td>
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				<a href="http://oldforge.etsi.org/mantis/view_user_page.php?id=112">Thomas DeiÃŸ</a>&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				04-12-2007 17:13&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				checked by Thomas, ok.			</td>
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				04-12-2007 17:14&#160;&#160;&#160;
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				dummy action to assign CR properly			</td>
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