[sr-dev] Iterative dialplan matching

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,


On 24/08/16 10:17, Andreas Granig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When translating strings with the dialplan module, you sometimes end up
> with very complex patterns for sanitizing the target string and
> performing some replacements, since for a given dialplan id, processing
> stops on the first match within the dialplan entries for a given dpid.
>
> The idea is to introduce a "continue" flag (default 0) in the dialplan
> table indicating to proceed with processing further dialplan entries
> within the given dpid after a match. The use case is to have a sanitize
> rule with highest priority which e.g. removes any spaces, dashes and
> parentheses from the target string, then with a lower priority do
> further processing with the cleaned up string, e.g. stripping leading
> double-zeroes or a plus when normalizing to E164 numbers, or replacing a
> single leading zero with the country code and so on.
>
> This is particularly useful when a user dials a number from an address
> book of some sort (e.g. on a mobile app) where number formats are stored
> with country-specific formating characters like "+1-(234)-567 890", and
> catching all of that in one rule results in really messy match/replace
> patterns.
>
> Any objections or feedback on that?
>
Sounds interesting to have, with a cleaner approach than chaining
several dp translation with different dpids -- so, I am fine with the
proposed solution.

Cheers,
Daniel

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