[sr-dev] [dialog] Adding more info (variables) to a dialog

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2010/7/21 Timo Reimann <timo.reimann at 1und1.de>:
>> In my case when my kamailio handles a call it sets it a "client_name"
>> profile which is enough to list/terminate all the calls belonging to
>> such client.
>> But sometimes I need to terminate those calls with a specific CLI, and
>> the CLI is not the From username but a custon PAI inserted by
>> Kamailio. This info is not stored with the dialog.
>>
>> A workaround could be settting the dialog in two profiles: client_name
>> and PAI, but I think it's not very elegant.
>> Also I think that storing custom variables within each dialog could be
>> very useful for other subjects.
>>
>> Opinions? Thanks.
>
> Have you considered using profiles that are associated to specific
> values? I haven't tried them myself but it looks pretty much like what
> you seek. Consider exported functions *profile(profile, value), and the
> MI function "profile_list_dlgs":

Ops, really sorry, in fact I *alreay* use it! and it's a good
solution. Sorry, not sure what I was thinking about when asked the
question XD

However I still think that having custom variables associated to
dialogs could be useful for some other cases.

Thanks a lot.

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc at aliax.net>