Issue 8704: XTCE issue:  dimensionList in arrayParameterRef should be optional (xtce-rtf)
Source: NASA (Mr. Kevin Rice, james.k.rice-1(at)nasa.gov)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: Specifying array dimension sizes in arrayParameterRef should be optional.  In telemetry arrays often include an on the fly 'count' in the data packet.  Therefore this may come in conflict with the fixed sizes in the dimension list.
 
The other option is to clearly state in the annotation that the dimensionList is mearly an hint to the run-time software and more more processing will need to be done to ascertain the true size.
 
Finally, a further option would be to have the dimensionList optionally look up the dimension size using a InstanceRef to another parameter in the data stream...

Resolution: 
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April 26, 2005: received issue
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Subject: XTCE issue:  dimensionList in arrayParameterRef should be optional 
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:32:31 -0400 
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Specifying array dimension sizes in arrayParameterRef should be optional.  In telemetry arrays often include an on the fly 'count' in the data packet.  Therefore this may come in conflict with the fixed sizes in the dimension list.
 
The other option is to clearly state in the annotation that the dimensionList is mearly an hint to the run-time software and more more processing will need to be done to ascertain the true size.
 
Finally, a further option would be to have the dimensionList optionally look up the dimension size using a InstanceRef to another parameter in the data stream...