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NAME

       megaco - Main API of the Megaco application

DESCRIPTION

       Interface module for the Megaco application

DATA TYPES

       megaco_mid() = ip4Address() | ip6Address() |
                      domainName() | deviceName() |
                      mtpAddress()
       ip4Address() = #'IP4Address'{}
       ip6Address() = #'IP6Address'{}
       domainName() = #'DomainName'{}
       deviceName() = pathName()
       pathName()   = ia5String(1..64)
       mtpAddress() = octetString(2..4)

       action_request() = #'ActionRequest'{}
       action_reply() = #'ActionReply'{}
       error_desc() = #'ErrorDescriptor'{}
       transaction_reply() = #'TransactionReply'{}
       segment_no() = integer()

       resend_indication() = flag | boolean()

       property_parm() = #'PropertyParm'{}
       property_group() = [property_parm()]
       property_groups() = [property_group()]

       sdp() = sdp_c() | sdp_o() | sdp_s() | sdp_i() | sdp_u() |
               sdp_e() | sdp_p() | sdp_b() | sdp_z() | sdp_k() |
               sdp_a() | sdp_a_rtpmap() | sdp_a_ptime() |
               sdp_t() | sdp_r() | sdp_m()
       sdp_v() = #megaco_sdp_v{} (Protocol version)
       sdp_o() = #megaco_sdp_o{} (Owner/creator and session identifier)
       sdp_s() = #megaco_sdp_s{} (Session name)
       sdp_i() = #megaco_sdp_i{} (Session information)
       sdp_u() = #megaco_sdp_u{} (URI of description)
       sdp_e() = #megaco_sdp_e{} (Email address)
       sdp_p() = #megaco_sdp_p{} (Phone number)
       sdp_c() = #megaco_sdp_c{} (Connection information)
       sdp_b() = #megaco_sdp_b{} (Bandwidth information)
       sdp_k() = #megaco_sdp_k{} (Encryption key)
       sdp_a() = #megaco_sdp_a{} (Session attribute)
       sdp_a_rtpmap() = #megaco_sdp_a_rtpmap{}
       sdp_a_ptime() = #megaco_sdp_a_ptime{}
       sdp_a_quality() = #megaco_sdp_a_quality{}
       sdp_a_fmtp() = #megaco_sdp_a_fmtp{}
       sdp_z() = #megaco_sdp_z{} (Time zone adjustment)
       sdp_t() = #megaco_sdp_t{} (Time the session is active)
       sdp_r() = #megaco_sdp_r{} (Repeat times)
       sdp_m() = #megaco_sdp_m{} (Media name and transport address)
       sdp_property_parm() = sdp() | property_parm()
       sdp_property_group() = [sdp_property_parm()]
       sdp_property_groups() = [sdp_property_group()]

       megaco_timer() = infinity | integer() >= 0 | megaco_incr_timer()
       megaco_incr_timer() = #megaco_incr_timer{}

       The record megaco_incr_timer contains the following fields:

         wait_for = integer() >= 0:
           The actual timer time.

         factor = integer() >= 0:
           The factor when calculating the new timer time (wait_for).

         incr = integer():
           The  increment  value  when  calculating the new timer time (wait_for). Note that this
           value can be negative and that a timer restart can therefor lead to a  wait_for  value
           of  zero!  It is up to the user to be aware of the consequences of a wait_for value of
           zero.

         max_retries = infinity | infinity_restartable | integer() >= 0:
           The maximum number of repetitions of the timer.

           There is  a  special  case  for  this  field.  When  the  max_retries  has  the  value
           infinity_restartable,  it means that the timer is restartable as long as some external
           event occurs (e.g. receipt of a pending message for  instance).  But  the  timer  will
           never  be  restarted  "by  itself",  i.e. when the timer expires (whatever the timeout
           time), so does the timer. Whenever the timer is restarted, the timeout  time  will  be
           calculated  in  the  usual  way!  Also, as mentioned above, beware the consequences of
           setting the value to infinity if incr has been set to an negative value.

EXPORTS

       start() -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Reason = term()

              Starts the Megaco application

              Users may either  explicitly  be  registered  with  megaco:start_user/2  and/or  be
              statically  configured by setting the application environment variable 'users' to a
              list of {UserMid, Config} tuples. See the function megaco:start_user/2 for details.

       stop() -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 Reason = term()

              Stops the Megaco application

       start_user(UserMid, Config) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 UserMid = megaco_mid()
                 Config = [{user_info_item(), user_info_value()}]
                 Reason = term()

              Initial configuration of a user

              Requires the megaco application to be started. A user is  either  a  Media  Gateway
              (MG) or a Media Gateway Controller (MGC). One Erlang node may host many users.

              A user is identified by its UserMid, which must be a legal Megaco MID.

              Config  is a list of {Item, Value} tuples. See megaco:user_info/2 about which items
              and values that are valid.

       stop_user(UserMid) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 UserMid = megaco_mid()
                 Reason = term()

              Delete the configuration of a user

              Requires that the user does not have any active connection.

       user_info(UserMid) -> [{Item, Value}]
       user_info(UserMid, Item) -> Value | exit(Reason)

              Types:

                 Handle = user_info_handle()
                 UserMid = megaco_mid()
                 Item = user_info_item()
                 Value = user_info_value()
                 Reason = term()

              Lookup user information

              The following Item's are valid:

                connections:
                  Lists  all  active   connections   for   this   user.   Returns   a   list   of
                  megaco_conn_handle records.

                receive_handle:
                  Construct a megaco_receive_handle record from user config

                trans_id:
                  Current transaction id.

                  A  positive  integer or the atom undefined_serial (in case no messages has been
                  sent).

                min_trans_id:
                  First trans id.

                  A positive integer, defaults to 1.

                max_trans_id:
                  Last trans id.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                request_timer:
                  Wait for reply.

                  The timer is cancelled when a reply is received.

                  When  a  pending  message  is  received,  the  timer  is  cancelled   and   the
                  long_request_timer is started instead (see below). No resends will be performed
                  from this point (since we now  know  that  the  other  side  has  received  the
                  request).

                  When  the  timer  reaches an intermediate expire, the request is resent and the
                  timer is restarted.

                  When the timer reaches the final expire, either the function  megaco:call  will
                  return  with  {error, timeout} or the callback function handle_trans_reply will
                  be called with UserReply = {error, timeout} (if megaco:cast was used).

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to #megaco_incr_timer{}.

                long_request_timer:
                  Wait for reply after having received a pending message.

                  When the timer reaches an intermediate expire, the timer is restarted.

                  When a pending message is received, and the long_request_timer is not  "on  its
                  final  leg",  the  timer will be restarted, and, if long_request_resend = true,
                  the request will be re-sent.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 60 seconds.

                long_request_resend:
                  This option indicates weather the request should be resent until the  reply  is
                  received, even though a pending message has been received.

                  Normally,  after a pending message has been received, the request is not resent
                  (since a pending message is an indication that the request has been  received).
                  But  since  the  reply  (to  the  request)  can be lost, this behaviour has its
                  values.

                  It  is  of  course  pointless  to  set  this   value   to   true   unless   the
                  long_request_timer   (see   above)   is   also  set  to  an  incremental  timer
                  (#megaco_incr_timer{}).

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                reply_timer:
                  Wait for an ack.

                  When a request is received, some info related to the reply is store  internally
                  (e.g.  the  binary  of  the  reply). This info will live until either an ack is
                  received or this timer expires. For instance, if the same request  is  received
                  again (e.g. a request with the same transaction id), the (stored) reply will be
                  (re-) sent automatically by megaco.

                  If the timer is  of  type  #megaco_incr_timer{},  then  for  each  intermediate
                  timout,  the  reply  will be resent (this is valid until the ack is received or
                  the timer expires).

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 30000.

                request_keep_alive_timeout:
                  Specifies the timeout time for the request-keep-alive timer.

                  This timer is started when the first reply to an asynchroneous request  (issued
                  using  the  megaco:cast/3  function) arrives. As long as this timer is running,
                  replies will be delivered via  the  handle_trans_reply/4,5  callback  function,
                  with  their  "arrival  number"  (see  UserReply  of  the handle_trans_reply/4,5
                  callback function).

                  Replies arriving after the timer has  expired,  will  be  delivered  using  the
                  handle_unexpected_trans/3,4 callback function.

                  The timeout time can have the values: plain | integer() >= 0.

                  Defaults to plain.

                call_proxy_gc_timeout:
                  Timeout time for the call proxy.

                  When a request is sent using the call/3 function, a proxy process is started to
                  handle all replies. When the reply has been received and delivered to the user,
                  the  proxy  process continue to exist for as long as this option specifies. Any
                  received messages, is passed on to the  user  via  the  handle_unexpected_trans
                  callback function.

                  The  timeout  time is in milliseconds. A value of 0 (zero) means that the proxy
                  process will exit directly after the reply has been delivered.

                  An integer >= 0, defaults to 5000 (= 5 seconds).

                auto_ack:
                  Automatic send transaction ack when the transaction  reply  has  been  received
                  (see trans_ack below).

                  This is used for three-way-handshake.

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_ack:
                  Shall ack's be accumulated or not.

                  This property is only valid if auto_ack is true.

                  If  auto_ack  is  true,  then  if  trans_ack  is  false,  ack's  will  be  sent
                  immediately. If trans_ack is true, then ack's  will  instead  be  sent  to  the
                  transaction   sender   process   for   accumulation   and  later  sending  (see
                  trans_ack_maxcount, trans_req_maxcount,  trans_req_maxsize,  trans_ack_maxcount
                  and trans_timer).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_ack_maxcount:
                  Maximum  number  of  accumulated  ack's.  At  most  this  many  ack's  will  be
                  accumulated by the transaction sender (if started and configured to  accumulate
                  ack's).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 10.

                trans_req:
                  Shall requests be accumulated or not.

                  If  trans_req  is  false,  then request(s) will be sent immediately (in its own
                  message).

                  If trans_req is true, then request(s) will instead be sent to  the  transaction
                  sender  process  for  accumulation  and  later sending (see trans_ack_maxcount,
                  trans_req_maxcount, trans_req_maxsize, trans_ack_maxcount and trans_timer).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_req_maxcount:
                  Maximum number of accumulated requests. At most  this  many  requests  will  be
                  accumulated  by the transaction sender (if started and configured to accumulate
                  requests).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 10.

                trans_req_maxsize:
                  Maximum size of the accumulated requests. At most this much  requests  will  be
                  accumulated  by the transaction sender (if started and configured to accumulate
                  requests).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 2048.

                trans_timer:
                  Transaction sender timeout time. Has two functions. First, if the value  is  0,
                  then  transactions will not be accumulated (e.g. the transaction sender process
                  will not be started). Second, if the value is greater then 0 and  auto_ack  and
                  trans_ack  are  both true or if trans_req is true, then transaction sender will
                  be started and transactions (which is depending  on  the  values  of  auto_ack,
                  trans_ack and trans_req) will be accumulated, for later sending.

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 0.

                pending_timer:
                  Automatically  send pending if the timer expires before a transaction reply has
                  been sent. This timer is also called provisional response timer.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 30000.

                sent_pending_limit:
                  Sent   pending   limit    (see    the    MGOriginatedPendingLimit    and    the
                  MGCOriginatedPendingLimit of the megaco root package). This parameter specifies
                  how many pending messages that can be sent (for a  given  received  transaction
                  request).  When  the  limit  is  exceeded,  the  transaction  is  aborted  (see
                  handle_trans_request_abort) and an error message is sent to the other side.

                  Note that this has no effect on the actual  sending  of  pending  transactions.
                  This  is either implicit (e.g. when receiving a re-sent transaction request for
                  a request which is being processed) or controlled  by  the  pending_timer,  see
                  above.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                recv_pending_limit:
                  Receive    pending    limit   (see   the   MGOriginatedPendingLimit   and   the
                  MGCOriginatedPendingLimit of the megaco root package). This parameter specifies
                  how  many  pending  messages  that  can  be  received  (for  a sent transaction
                  request). When the limit is exceeded, the transaction is considered  lost,  and
                  an   error   returned   to   the   user   (through   the   call-back   function
                  handle_trans_reply).

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                send_mod:
                  Send   callback   module   which   exports   send_message/2.    The    function
                  SendMod:send_message(SendHandle,  Binary) is invoked when the bytes needs to be
                  transmitted to the remote user.

                  An atom, defaults to megaco_tcp.

                encoding_mod:
                  Encoding callback module which exports encode_message/2  and  decode_message/2.
                  The   function   EncodingMod:encode_message(EncodingConfig,  MegacoMessage)  is
                  invoked whenever a 'MegacoMessage' record needs to be translated into an Erlang
                  binary.  The  function  EncodingMod:decode_message(EncodingConfig,  Binary)  is
                  invoked whenever an Erlang binary needs to be translated into a 'MegacoMessage'
                  record.

                  An atom, defaults to megaco_pretty_text_encoder.

                encoding_config:
                  Encoding module config.

                  A list, defaults to [].

                protocol_version:
                  Actual protocol version.

                  An integer, default is 1.

                strict_version:
                  Strict  version  control,  i.e.  when  a  message  is received, verify that the
                  version is that which was negotiated.

                  An boolean, default is true.

                reply_data:
                  Default reply data.

                  Any term, defaults to the atom undefined.

                user_mod:
                  Name of the user callback module. See the the reference manual for  megaco_user
                  for more info.

                user_args:
                  List  of  extra arguments to the user callback functions. See the the reference
                  manual for megaco_user for more info.

                threaded:
                  If a received  message  contains  several  transaction  requests,  this  option
                  indicates  whether  the  requests  should  be  handled sequentially in the same
                  process (false), or if each request should be handled by its own process  (true
                  i.e. a separate process is spawned for each request).

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                resend_indication:
                  This  option indicates weather the transport module should be told if a message
                  send is a resend or not.

                  If false, megaco messages are sent using the send_message function.

                  If true, megaco message re-sends are made using  the  resend_message  function.
                  The initial message send is still done using the send_message function.

                  The special value flag instead indicates that the function send_message/3 shall
                  be used.

                  A resend_indication(), defaults to false.

                segment_reply_ind:
                  This option specifies if the user shall be notified of received segment replies
                  or not.

                  See handle_segment_reply callback function for more information.

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                segment_recv_timer:
                  This  timer  is started when the segment indicated by the segmentation complete
                  token is received, but all segments has not yet been received.

                  When the timer finally expires, a "megaco segments not  received"  (459)  error
                  message  is  sent  to  the  other  side and the user is notified with a segment
                  timeout UserReply in either the handle_trans_reply  callback  function  or  the
                  return value of the call function.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 10000.

                segment_send:
                  Shall outgoing messages be segmented or not:

                  none:
                    Do  not  segment  outgoing  reply  messages. This is useful when either it is
                    known that messages are never to large or that  the  transport  protocol  can
                    handle such things on its own (e.g. TCP or SCTP).

                  integer() > 0:
                    Outgoing reply messages will be segmented as needed (see max_pdu_size below).
                    This value, K, indicate the outstanding window, i.e. how many segments can be
                    outstanding (not acknowledged) at any given time.

                  infinity:
                    Outgoing reply messages will be segmented as needed (see max_pdu_size below).
                    Segment messages are sent all at once (i.e. no acknowledgement awaited before
                    sending the next segment).

                  Defaults to none.

                max_pdu_size:
                  Max  message  size. If the encoded message (PDU) exceeds this size, the message
                  should be segmented, and then encoded.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

       update_user_info(UserMid, Item, Value) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 UserMid = megaco_mid()
                 Item = user_info_item()
                 Value = user_info_value()
                 Reason = term()

              Update information about a user

              Requires that the user is started. See megaco:user_info/2  about  which  items  and
              values that are valid.

       conn_info(ConnHandle) -> [{Item, Value}]
       conn_info(ConnHandle, Item) -> Value | exit(Reason)

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = #megaco_conn_handle{}
                 Item = conn_info_item()
                 Value = conn_info_value()
                 Reason = {no_such_connection, ConnHandle} | term()

              Lookup information about an active connection

              Requires that the connection is active.

                control_pid:
                  The process identifier of the controlling process for a connection.

                send_handle:
                  Opaque  send  handle whose contents is internal for the send module. May be any
                  term.

                local_mid:
                  The local mid (of the connection, i.e. the own mid). megaco_mid().

                remote_mid:
                  The remote mid (of the connection). megaco_mid().

                receive_handle:
                  Construct a megaco_receive_handle record.

                trans_id:
                  Next transaction id. A positive integer or the atom undefined_serial  (only  in
                  case of error).

                  Note  that  transaction  id's are (currently) maintained on a per user basis so
                  there is no way to be sure that the value returned will actually be used for  a
                  transaction  sent  on  this connection (in case a user has several connections,
                  which is not at all unlikely).

                max_trans_id:
                  Last trans id.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                request_timer:
                  Wait for reply.

                  The timer is cancelled when a reply is received.

                  When  a  pending  message  is  received,  the  timer  is  cancelled   and   the
                  long_request_timer is started instead (see below). No resends will be performed
                  from this point (since we now  know  that  the  other  side  has  received  the
                  request).

                  When  the  timer  reaches an intermediate expire, the request is resent and the
                  timer is restarted.

                  When the timer reaches the final expire, either the function  megaco:call  will
                  return  with  {error, timeout} or the callback function handle_trans_reply will
                  be called with UserReply = {error, timeout} (if megaco:cast was used).

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to #megaco_incr_timer{}.

                long_request_timer:
                  Wait for reply after having received a pending message.

                  When the timer reaches an intermediate expire, the timer restarted.

                  When a pending message is received, and the long_request_timer is not  "on  its
                  final  leg",  the  timer will be restarted, and, if long_request_resend = true,
                  the request will be re-sent.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 60 seconds.

                request_keep_alive_timeout:
                  Specifies the timeout time for the request-keep-alive timer.

                  This timer is started when the first reply to an asynchroneous request  (issued
                  using  the  megaco:cast/3  function) arrives. As long as this timer is running,
                  replies will be delivered via  the  handle_trans_reply/4,5  callback  function,
                  with  their  "arrival  number"  (see  UserReply  of  the handle_trans_reply/4,5
                  callback function).

                  Replies arriving after the timer has  expired,  will  be  delivered  using  the
                  handle_unexpected_trans/3,4 callback function.

                  The timeout time can have the values: plain | integer() >= 0.

                  Defaults to plain.

                long_request_resend:
                  This  option  indicates weather the request should be resent until the reply is
                  received, even though a pending message has been received.

                  Normally, after a pending message has been received, the request is not  resent
                  (since  a pending message is an indication that the request has been received).
                  But since the reply (to the request)  can  be  lost,  this  behaviour  has  its
                  values.

                  It   is   of   course   pointless   to  set  this  value  to  true  unless  the
                  long_request_timer  (see  above)  is  also  set   to   an   incremental   timer
                  (#megaco_incr_timer{}).

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                reply_timer:
                  Wait for an ack.

                  When  a request is received, some info related to the reply is store internally
                  (e.g. the binary of the reply). This info will live  until  either  an  ack  is
                  received  or  this timer expires. For instance, if the same request is received
                  again (e.g. a request with the same transaction id), the (stored) reply will be
                  (re-) sent automatically by megaco.

                  If  the  timer  is  of  type  #megaco_incr_timer{},  then for each intermediate
                  timout, the reply will be resent (this is valid until the ack  is  received  or
                  the timer expires).

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 30000.

                call_proxy_gc_timeout:
                  Timeout time for the call proxy.

                  When a request is sent using the call/3 function, a proxy process is started to
                  handle all replies. When the reply has been received and delivered to the user,
                  the  proxy  process continue to exist for as long as this option specifies. Any
                  received messages, is passed on to the  user  via  the  handle_unexpected_trans
                  callback function.

                  The  timeout  time is in milliseconds. A value of 0 (zero) means that the proxy
                  process will exit directly after the reply has been delivered.

                  An integer >= 0, defaults to 5000 (= 5 seconds).

                auto_ack:
                  Automatic send transaction ack when the transaction  reply  has  been  received
                  (see trans_ack below).

                  This is used for three-way-handshake.

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_ack:
                  Shall ack's be accumulated or not.

                  This property is only valid if auto_ack is true.

                  If  auto_ack  is  true,  then  if  trans_ack  is  false,  ack's  will  be  sent
                  immediately. If trans_ack is true, then ack's  will  instead  be  sent  to  the
                  transaction   sender   process   for   accumulation   and  later  sending  (see
                  trans_ack_maxcount, trans_req_maxcount,  trans_req_maxsize,  trans_ack_maxcount
                  and trans_timer).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_ack_maxcount:
                  Maximum  number  of  accumulated  ack's.  At  most  this  many  ack's  will  be
                  accumulated by the transaction sender (if started and configured to  accumulate
                  ack's).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 10.

                trans_req:
                  Shall requests be accumulated or not.

                  If  trans_req  is  false,  then request(s) will be sent immediately (in its own
                  message).

                  If trans_req is true, then request(s) will instead be sent to  the  transaction
                  sender  process  for  accumulation  and  later sending (see trans_ack_maxcount,
                  trans_req_maxcount, trans_req_maxsize, trans_ack_maxcount and trans_timer).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                trans_req_maxcount:
                  Maximum number of accumulated requests. At most  this  many  requests  will  be
                  accumulated  by the transaction sender (if started and configured to accumulate
                  requests).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 10.

                trans_req_maxsize:
                  Maximum size of the accumulated requests. At most this much  requests  will  be
                  accumulated  by the transaction sender (if started and configured to accumulate
                  requests).

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 2048.

                trans_timer:
                  Transaction sender timeout time. Has two functions. First, if the value  is  0,
                  then  transactions will not be accumulated (e.g. the transaction sender process
                  will not be started). Second, if the value is greater then 0 and  auto_ack  and
                  trans_ack  is  true  or  if  trans_req is true, then transaction sender will be
                  started and transactions  (which  is  depending  on  the  values  of  auto_ack,
                  trans_ack and trans_req) will be accumulated, for later sending.

                  See also transaction sender for more info.

                  An integer, defaults to 0.

                pending_timer:
                  Automatic  send  transaction  pending if the timer expires before a transaction
                  reply has been sent. This timer is also called provisional response timer.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 30000.

                sent_pending_limit:
                  Sent   pending   limit    (see    the    MGOriginatedPendingLimit    and    the
                  MGCOriginatedPendingLimit of the megaco root package). This parameter specifies
                  how many pending messages that can be sent (for a  given  received  transaction
                  request).  When  the  limit  is  exceeded,  the  transaction  is  aborted  (see
                  handle_trans_request_abort) and an error message is sent to the other side.

                  Note that this has no effect on the actual  sending  of  pending  transactions.
                  This  is either implicit (e.g. when receiving a re-sent transaction request for
                  a request which is being processed) or controlled  by  the  pending_timer,  see
                  above.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                recv_pending_limit:
                  Receive    pending    limit   (see   the   MGOriginatedPendingLimit   and   the
                  MGCOriginatedPendingLimit of the megaco root package). This parameter specifies
                  how  many  pending  messages  that  can  be  received  (for  a sent transaction
                  request). When the limit is exceeded, the transaction is considered  lost,  and
                  an   error   returned   to   the   user   (through   the   call-back   function
                  handle_trans_reply).

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

                send_mod:
                  Send   callback   module   which   exports   send_message/2.    The    function
                  SendMod:send_message(SendHandle,  Binary) is invoked when the bytes needs to be
                  transmitted to the remote user.

                  An atom, defaults to megaco_tcp.

                encoding_mod:
                  Encoding callback module which exports encode_message/2  and  decode_message/2.
                  The   function   EncodingMod:encode_message(EncodingConfig,  MegacoMessage)  is
                  invoked whenever a 'MegacoMessage' record needs to be translated into an Erlang
                  binary.  The  function  EncodingMod:decode_message(EncodingConfig,  Binary)  is
                  invoked whenever an Erlang binary needs to be translated into a 'MegacoMessage'
                  record.

                  An atom, defaults to megaco_pretty_text_encoder.

                encoding_config:
                  Encoding module config.

                  A list, defaults to [].

                protocol_version:
                  Actual protocol version.

                  An positive integer, Current default is 1.

                strict_version:
                  Strict  version  control,  i.e.  when  a  message  is received, verify that the
                  version is that which was negotiated.

                  An boolean, default is true.

                reply_data:
                  Default reply data.

                  Any term, defaults to the atom undefined.

                threaded:
                  If a received  message  contains  several  transaction  requests,  this  option
                  indicates  whether  the  requests  should  be  handled sequentially in the same
                  process (false), or if each request should be handled by its own process  (true
                  i.e. a separate process is spawned for each request).

                  An boolean, defaults to false.

                resend_indication:
                  This  option indicates weather the transport module should be told if a message
                  send is a resend or not.

                  If false, megaco messages are sent using the send_message/2 function.

                  If true, megaco message re-sends are made using  the  resend_message  function.
                  The initial message send is still done using the send_message function.

                  The special value flag instead indicates that the function send_message/3 shall
                  be used.

                  A resend_indication(), defaults to false.

                segment_reply_ind:
                  This option specifies if the user shall be notified of received segment replies
                  or not.

                  See handle_segment_reply callback function for more information.

                  A boolean, defaults to false.

                segment_recv_timer:
                  This  timer  is started when the segment indicated by the segmentation complete
                  token (e.g. the last of the segment which makes up the reply) is received,  but
                  all segments has not yet been received.

                  When  the  timer  finally expires, a "megaco segments not received" (459) error
                  message is sent to the other side and the  user  is  notified  with  a  segment
                  timeout  UserReply  in  either  the handle_trans_reply callback function or the
                  return value of the call function.

                  A Megaco Timer (see explanation above), defaults to 10000.

                segment_send:
                  Shall outgoing messages be segmented or not:

                  none:
                    Do not segment outgoing reply messages. This is  useful  when  either  it  is
                    known  that  messages  are  never to large or that the transport protocol can
                    handle such things on its own (e.g. TCP or SCTP).

                  integer() > 0:
                    Outgoing reply messages will be segmented as needed (see max_pdu_size below).
                    This value, K, indicate the outstanding window, i.e. how many segments can be
                    outstanding (not acknowledged) at any given time.

                  infinity:
                    Outgoing reply messages will be segmented as needed (see max_pdu_size below).
                    Segment messages are sent all at once (i.e. no acknowledgement awaited before
                    sending the next segment).

                  Defaults to none.

                max_pdu_size:
                  Max message size. If the encoded message (PDU) exceeds this size,  the  message
                  should be segmented, and then encoded.

                  A positive integer or infinity, defaults to infinity.

       update_conn_info(ConnHandle, Item, Value) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = #megaco_conn_handle{}
                 Item = conn_info_item()
                 Value = conn_info_value()
                 Reason = term()

              Update information about an active connection

              Requires that the connection is activated. See megaco:conn_info/2 about which items
              and values that are valid.

       system_info() -> [{Item, Value}] | exit(Reason)
       system_info(Item) -> Value | exit(Reason)

              Types:

                 Item = system_info_item()

              Lookup system information

              The following items are valid:

                text_config:
                  The text encoding config.

                connections:
                  Lists all active connections. Returns a list of megaco_conn_handle records.

                users:
                  Lists all active users. Returns a list of megaco_mid()'s.

                n_active_requests:
                  Returns an integer representing the number of requests that has originated from
                  this   Erlang  node  and  still  are  active  (and  therefore  consumes  system
                  resources).

                n_active_replies:
                  Returns an integer representing the number of replies that has originated  from
                  this   Erlang  node  and  still  are  active  (and  therefore  consumes  system
                  resources).

                n_active_connections:
                  Returns an integer representing the number of active connections.

       info() -> Info

              Types:

                 Info = [{Key, Value}]

              This function produces a list of information about the megaco application. Such  as
              users and their config, connections and their config, statistics and so on.

              This information can be produced by the functions user_info, conn_info, system_info
              and get_stats but this is a simple way to get it all at once.

       connect(ReceiveHandle, RemoteMid, SendHandle, ControlPid) -> {ok,  ConnHandle}  |  {error,
       Reason}
       connect(ReceiveHandle,  RemoteMid,  SendHandle,  ControlPid,  Extra) -> {ok, ConnHandle} |
       {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 ReceiveHandle = #megaco_receive_handle{}
                 RemoteMid = preliminary_mid | megaco_mid()
                 SendHandle = term()
                 ControlPid = pid()
                 ConnHandle = #megaco_conn_handle{}
                 Reason = connect_reason() | handle_connect_reason() | term()
                 connect_reason() = {no_such_user, LocalMid} | {already_connected, ConnHandle}  |
                 term()
                 handle_connect_error() = {connection_refused, ConnData, ErrorInfo} | term()
                 LocalMid = megaco_mid()
                 ConnData = term()
                 ErrorInfo = term()
                 Extra = term()

              Establish a "virtual" connection

              Activates  a  connection  to a remote user. When this is done the connection can be
              used  to  send  messages  (with  SendMod:send_message/2).  The  ControlPid  is  the
              identifier  of  a  process  that  controls  the  connection.  That  process will be
              supervised   and   if   it    dies,    this    will    be    detected    and    the
              UserMod:handle_disconnect/2  callback function will be invoked. See the megaco_user
              module for more  info  about  the  callback  arguments.  The  connection  may  also
              explicitly be deactivated by invoking megaco:disconnect/2.

              The  ControlPid  may  be the identity of a process residing on another Erlang node.
              This is useful when you want to distribute a user over  several  Erlang  nodes.  In
              such  a  case one of the nodes has the physical connection. When a user residing on
              one  of  the  other  nodes  needs  to  send  a  request  (with   megaco:call/3   or
              megaco:cast/3),  the  message will encoded on the originating Erlang node, and then
              be forwarded to the node with the physical connection. When the reply  arrives,  it
              will be forwarded back to the originator. The distributed connection may explicitly
              be deactivated by a local  call  to  megaco:disconnect/2  or  implicitly  when  the
              physical   connection   is   deactivated  (with  megaco:disconnect/2,  killing  the
              controlling process, halting the other node, ...).

              The   call   of   this   function    will    trigger    the    callback    function
              UserMod:handle_connect/2  to  be  invoked. See the megaco_user module for more info
              about the callback arguments.

              A connection may be established in several ways:

                provisioned MID:
                  The MG may explicitly invoke megaco:connect/4 and use a provisioned MID of  the
                  MGC as the RemoteMid.

                upgrade preliminary MID:
                  The  MG  may explicitly invoke megaco:connect/4 with the atom 'preliminary_mid'
                  as a temporary MID of the MGC, send  an  intial  message,  the  Service  Change
                  Request,  to  the  MGC and then wait for an initial message, the Service Change
                  Reply. When the reply arrives, the Megaco application will pick the MID of  the
                  MGC  from  the  message header and automatically upgrade the connection to be a
                  "normal" connection. By using this method of establishing the  connection,  the
                  callback  function  UserMod:handle_connect/2  to be invoked twice. First with a
                  ConnHandle with the remote_mid-field set to preliminary_mid, and then when  the
                  connection  upgrade  is done with the remote_mid-field set to the actual MID of
                  the MGC.

                automatic:
                  When the MGC receives its first message, the Service Change Request, the Megaco
                  application  will  automatically  establish  the connection by using the MG MID
                  found in the message header as remote mid.

                distributed:
                  When a user (MG/MGC) is distributed over several nodes, it is required that the
                  node hosting the connection already has activated the connection and that it is
                  in the "normal" state. The RemoteMid must be  a  real  Megaco  MID  and  not  a
                  preliminary_mid.

              An     initial     megaco_receive_handle    record    may    be    obtained    with
              megaco:user_info(UserMid, receive_handle)

              The send handle is provided by the preferred  transport  module,  e.g.  megaco_tcp,
              megaco_udp. Read the documentation about each transport module about the details.

              The  connect  is  done in two steps: first an internal connection setup and then by
              calling the user handle_connect callback function. The first step could  result  in
              an  error  with  Reason  =  connect_reason()  and the second an error with Reason =
              handle_connect_reason():

                connect_reason():
                  An error with this reason is generated by the megaco application itself.

                handle_connect_reason():
                  An error with this  reason  is  caused  by  the  user  handle_connect  callback
                  function either returning an error or an invalid value.

              Extra  can  be  any term() except the atom ignore_extra. It is passed (back) to the
              user via the callback function handle_connect/3.

       disconnect(ConnHandle, DiscoReason) -> ok | {error, ErrReason}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 DiscoReason = term()
                 ErrReason = term()

              Tear down a "virtual" connection

              Causes the UserMod:handle_disconnect/2 callback function to  be  invoked.  See  the
              megaco_user module for more info about the callback arguments.

       call(ConnHandle, Actions, Options) -> {ProtocolVersion, UserReply}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 Actions = action_reqs() | [action_reqs()]
                 action_reqs() = binary() | [action_request()]
                 Options = [send_option()]
                 send_option()   =   {request_timer,   megaco_timer()}   |   {long_request_timer,
                 megaco_timer()}  |  {send_handle,  term()}  |  {protocol_version,  integer()}  |
                 {call_proxy_gc_timeout, call_proxy_gc_timeout()}
                 ProtocolVersion = integer()
                 UserReply = user_reply() | [user_reply()]
                 user_reply() = success() | failure()
                 success() = {ok, result()} | {ok, result(), extra()}
                 result() = message_result() | segment_result()
                 message_result() = action_reps()
                 segment_result() = segments_ok()
                 failure() = {error, reason()} | {error, reason(), extra()}
                 reason()   =   message_reason()  |  segment_reason()  |  user_cancel_reason()  |
                 send_reason() | other_reason()
                 message_reason() = error_desc()
                 segment_reason() = {segment, segments_ok(), segments_err()} |  {segment_timeout,
                 missing_segments(), segments_ok(), segments_err()}
                 segments_ok() = [segment_ok()]
                 segment_ok() = {segment_no(), action_reps()}
                 segments_err() = [segment_err()]
                 segment_err() = {segment_no(), error_desc()}
                 missing_segments() = [segment_no()]
                 user_cancel_reason() = {user_cancel, reason_for_user_cancel()}
                 reason_for_user_cancel() = term()
                 send_reason() = send_cancelled_reason() | send_failed_reason()
                 send_cancelled_reason() = {send_message_cancelled, reason_for_send_cancel()}
                 reason_for_send_cancel() = term()
                 send_failed_reason() = {send_message_failed, reason_for_send_failure()}
                 reason_for_send_failure() = term()
                 other_reason() = {wrong_mid, WrongMid, RightMid, TR} | term()
                 WrongMid = mid()
                 RightMid = mid()
                 TR = transaction_reply()
                 action_reps() = [action_reply()]
                 call_proxy_gc_timeout() = integer() >= 0
                 extra() = term()

              Sends one or more transaction request(s) and waits for the reply.

              When  sending  one  transaction  in  a  message,  Actions  should  be action_reqs()
              (UserReply will then be user_reply()).  When  sending  several  transactions  in  a
              message, Actions should be [action_reqs()] (UserReply will then be [user_reply()]).
              Each element of the list is part of one transaction.

              For some of our codecs (not binary), it is also possible to pre-encode the actions,
              in which case Actions will be either a binary() or [binary()].

              The  function  returns  when  the  reply arrives, when the request timer eventually
              times out or when the outstanding requests are explicitly cancelled.

              The default values of the send options are obtained by megaco:conn_info(ConnHandle,
              Item). But the send options above, may explicitly be overridden.

              The ProtocolVersion version is the version actually encoded in the reply message.

              At  success(),  the  UserReply  contains  a  list of 'ActionReply' records possibly
              containing error indications.

              A message_error(), indicates that the remote user  has  replied  with  an  explicit
              transactionError.

              A  user_cancel_error(),  indicates  that the request has been canceled by the user.
              reason_for_user_cancel() is the reason given in the call to the cancel function.

              A send_error(), indicates that the send function of the megaco  transport  callback
              module   failed   to   send   the   request.   There   are   two   separate  cases:
              send_cancelled_reason() and send_failed_reason(). The first is the  result  of  the
              send  function  returning  {cancel,  Reason}  and  the second is some other kind of
              erroneous return value. See the send_message function for more info.

              An other_error(), indicates some other error such as timeout.

              For more info about the extra() part of the  result,  see  the  note  in  the  user
              callback module documentation.

       cast(ConnHandle, Actions, Options) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 Actions = action_reqs() | [action_reqs()]
                 action_reqs() = binary() | [action_request()]
                 Options = [send_option()]
                 send_option()  =  {request_keep_alive_timeout,  request_keep_alive_timeout()}  |
                 {request_timer,  megaco_timer()}  |   {long_request_timer,   megaco_timer()}   |
                 {send_handle,   term()}   |   {reply_data,  reply_data()}  |  {protocol_version,
                 integer()}
                 request_keep_alive_timeout() = plain | integer() >= 0
                 Reason = term()

              Sends one or more transaction request(s) but does NOT wait for a reply

              When sending one transaction in a message, Actions should  be  action_reqs().  When
              sending  several transactions in a message, Actions should be [action_reqs()]. Each
              element of the list is part of one transaction.

              For some of our codecs (not binary), it is also possible to pre-encode the actions,
              in which case Actions will be either a binary() or [binary()].

              The default values of the send options are obtained by megaco:conn_info(ConnHandle,
              Item). But the send options above, may explicitly be overridden.

              The ProtocolVersion version is the version actually encoded in the reply message.

              The callback  function  UserMod:handle_trans_reply/4  is  invoked  when  the  reply
              arrives,  when  the  request  timer  eventually  times  out or when the outstanding
              requests are explicitly cancelled. See the megaco_user module for more  info  about
              the callback arguments.

              Given as UserData argument to UserMod:handle_trans_reply/4.

       encode_actions(ConnHandle, Actions, Options) -> {ok, BinOrBins} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 Actions = action_reqs() | [action_reqs()]
                 action_reqs() = [#'ActionRequest'{}]
                 Options = [send_option()]
                 send_option()   =   {request_timer,   megaco_timer()}   |   {long_request_timer,
                 megaco_timer()} | {send_handle, term()} | {protocol_version, integer()}
                 BinOrBins = binary() | [binary()]
                 Reason = term()

              Encodes lists of action requests for one or more transaction request(s).

              When encoding action requests for one transaction, Actions should be action_reqs().
              When   encoding  action  requests  for  several  transactions,  Actions  should  be
              [action_reqs()]. Each element of the list is part of one transaction.

       token_tag2string(Tag) -> Result
       token_tag2string(Tag, EncoderMod) -> Result
       token_tag2string(Tag, EncoderMod, Version) -> Result

              Types:

                 Tag = atom()
                 EncoderMod = pretty | compact | encoder_module()
                 encoder_module() = megaco_pretty_text_encoder  |  megaco_compact_text_encoder  |
                 atom()
                 Version = int_version() | atom_version()
                 int_version() = 1 | 2 | 3
                 atom_version() = v1 | v2 | v3 | prev3c | prev3b
                 Result = string() | {error, Reason}
                 Reason = term()

              Convert a token tag to a string

              If no encoder module is given, the default is used (which is pretty).

              If no or an unknown version is given, the best version is used (which is v3).

              If no match is found for Tag, Result will be the empty string ([]).

       cancel(ConnHandle, CancelReason) -> ok | {error, ErrReason}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 CancelReason = term()
                 ErrReason = term()

              Cancel all outstanding messages for this connection

              This  causes  outstanding  megaco:call/3 requests to return. The callback functions
              UserMod:handle_reply/4 and UserMod:handle_trans_ack/4 are  also  invoked  where  it
              applies. See the megaco_user module for more info about the callback arguments.

       process_received_message(ReceiveHandle, ControlPid, SendHandle, BinMsg) -> ok
       process_received_message(ReceiveHandle, ControlPid, SendHandle, BinMsg, Extra) -> ok

              Types:

                 ReceiveHandle = #megaco_receive_handle{}
                 ControlPid = pid()
                 SendHandle = term()
                 BinMsg = binary()
                 Extra = term()

              Process a received message

              This  function  is  intended  to  be  invoked by some transport modules when get an
              incoming message. Which transport that actually is  used  is  up  to  the  user  to
              choose.

              The  message is delivered as an Erlang binary and is decoded by the encoding module
              stated in the receive handle together with its encoding config (also in the receive
              handle).  Depending  of the outcome of the decoding various callback functions will
              be invoked. See megaco_user for more info about the callback arguments.

              The argument Extra is just an opaque data structure passed  to  the  user  via  the
              callback  functions in the user callback module. Note however that if Extra has the
              value   extra_undefined   the   argument   will   be   ignored    (same    as    if
              process_received_message/4   had  been  called).  See  the  documentation  for  the
              behaviour of the callback module, megaco_user, for more info.

              Note that all processing is done in the context of the calling process. A transport
              module  could  call  this function via one of the spawn functions (e.g. spawn_opt).
              See also receive_message/4,5.

              If the message cannot be decoded the following callback function will be invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_syntax_error/3

              If the decoded message instead  of  transactions  contains  a  message  error,  the
              following callback function will be invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_message_error/3

              If the decoded message happens to be received before the connection is established,
              a new "virtual" connection is established. This is typically the case for the Media
              Gateway  Controller  (MGC)  upon  the  first  Service  Change. When this occurs the
              following callback function will be invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_connect/2

              For each transaction request in the decoded message the following callback function
              will be invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_trans_request/3

              For  each  transaction  reply  in  the decoded message the reply is returned to the
              user. Either the originating function megaco:call/3 will return.  Or  in  case  the
              originating  function  was  megaco:case/3  the  following callback function will be
              invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_trans_reply/4

              When a transaction acknowledgement is received it is possible that user has decided
              not  to  bother  about  the  acknowledgement.  But  in  case  the return value from
              UserMod:handle_trans_request/3 indicates that the acknowledgement is important  the
              following callback function will be invoked:

                * UserMod:handle_trans_ack/4

              See the megaco_user module for more info about the callback arguments.

       receive_message(ReceiveHandle, ControlPid, SendHandle, BinMsg) -> ok
       receive_message(ReceiveHandle, ControlPid, SendHandle, BinMsg, Extra) -> ok

              Types:

                 ReceiveHandle = #megaco_receive_handle{}
                 ControlPid = pid()
                 SendHandle = term()
                 BinMsg = binary()
                 Extra = term()

              Process a received message

              This  is  a callback function intended to be invoked by some transport modules when
              get an incoming message. Which transport that actually is used is up to the user to
              choose.

              In  principle,  this  function  calls the process_received_message/4 function via a
              spawn to perform the actual processing.

              For further information see the process_received_message/4 function.

       parse_digit_map(DigitMapBody) -> {ok, ParsedDigitMap} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 DigitMapBody = string()
                 ParsedDigitMap = parsed_digit_map()
                 parsed_digit_map() = term()
                 Reason = term()

              Parses a digit map body

              Parses a digit map body, represented as a list of characters, into a list of  state
              transitions suited to be evaluated by megaco:eval_digit_map/1,2.

       eval_digit_map(DigitMap) -> {ok, MatchResult} | {error, Reason}
       eval_digit_map(DigitMap, Timers) -> {ok, MatchResult} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 DigitMap = #'DigitMapValue'{} | parsed_digit_map()
                 parsed_digit_map() = term()
                 ParsedDigitMap = term()
                 Timers = ignore() | reject()
                 ignore() = ignore | {ignore, digit_map_value()}
                 reject() = reject | {reject, digit_map_value()} | digit_map_value()
                 MatchResult = {Kind, Letters} | {Kind, Letters, Extra}
                 Kind = kind()
                 kind() = full | unambiguous
                 Letters = [letter()]
                 letter() = $0..$9 | $a .. $k
                 Extra = letter()
                 Reason = term()

              Collect digit map letters according to the digit map.

              When  evaluating  a  digit  map,  a  state  machine  waits for timeouts and letters
              reported by megaco:report_digit_event/2. The length of  the  various  timeouts  are
              defined in the digit_map_value() record.

              When  a complete sequence of valid events has been received, the result is returned
              as a list of letters.

              There are two options for handling syntax errors (that is when an unexpected  event
              is  received  when  the  digit  map  evaluator  is expecting some other event). The
              unexpected events may either be ignored or rejected.  The  latter  means  that  the
              evaluation is aborted and an error is returned.

       report_digit_event(DigitMapEvalPid, Events) -> ok | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 DigitMapEvalPid = pid()
                 Events = Event | [Event]
                 Event = letter() | pause() | cancel()
                 letter() = $0..$9 | $a .. $k | $A .. $K
                 pause() = one_second() | ten_seconds()
                 one_second() = $s | $S
                 ten_seconds() = $l | $L
                 cancel() = $z | $Z | cancel
                 Reason = term()

              Send one or more events to the event collector process.

              Send  one  or  more  events  to a process that is evaluating a digit map, that is a
              process that is executing megaco:eval_digit_map/1,2.

              Note that the events $s | $S, l | $L and $z | $Z has nothing to do with the  timers
              using the same characters.

       test_digit_event(DigitMap, Events) -> {ok, Kind, Letters} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 DigitMap = #'DigitMapValue'{} | parsed_digit_map()
                 parsed_digit_map() = term()
                 ParsedDigitMap = term()
                 Timers = ignore() | reject()
                 ignore() = ignore | {ignore, digit_map_value()}
                 reject() = reject | {reject, digit_map_value()} | digit_map_value()
                 DigitMapEvalPid = pid()
                 Events = Event | [Event]
                 Event = letter() | pause() | cancel()
                 Kind = kind()
                 kind() = full | unambiguous
                 Letters = [letter()]
                 letter() = $0..$9 | $a .. $k | $A .. $K
                 pause() = one_second() | ten_seconds()
                 one_second() = $s | $S
                 ten_seconds() = $l | $L
                 cancel () = $z | $Z | cancel
                 Reason = term()

              Feed digit map collector with events and return the result

              This function starts the evaluation of a digit map with megaco:eval_digit_map/1 and
              sends a sequence of events to it megaco:report_digit_event/2 in order  to  simplify
              testing of digit maps.

       encode_sdp(SDP) -> {ok, PP} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 SDP  =  sdp_property_parm()  |  sdp_property_group()  |  sdp_property_groups() |
                 asn1_NOVALUE
                 PP = property_parm() | property_group() | property_groups() | asn1_NOVALUE
                 Reason = term()

              Encode (generate) an SDP construct.

              If a property_parm() is found as part of the input (SDP) then it is left unchanged.

              This function performs the following transformation:

                * sdp() -> property_parm()

                * sdp_property_group() -> property_group()

                * sdp_property_groups() -> property_groups()

       decode_sdp(PP) -> {ok, SDP} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 PP = property_parm() | property_group() | property_groups() | asn1_NOVALUE
                 SDP =  sdp()  |  decode_sdp_property_group()  |  decode_sdp_property_groups()  |
                 asn1_NOVALUE
                 decode_sdp() = sdp() | {property_parm(), DecodeError}
                 decode_sdp_property_group() = [decode_sdp()]
                 decode_sdp_property_groups() = [decode_sdp_property_group()]
                 DecodeError = term()
                 Reason = term()

              Decode (parse) a property parameter construct.

              When  decoding  property_group()  or  property_groups(),  those  property parameter
              constructs that cannot be decoded (either because of decode error or  because  they
              are  unknown),  will be returned as a two-tuple. The first element of which will be
              the (undecoded) property parameter and the other the actual reason. This means that
              the  caller of this function has to expect not only sdp-records, but also this two-
              tuple construct.

              This function performs the following transformation:

                * property_parm() -> sdp()

                * property_group() -> sdp_property_group()

                * property_groups() -> sdp_property_groups()

       get_sdp_record_from_PropertGroup(Type, PG) -> [sdp()]

              Types:

                 Type = v | c | m | o | a | b | t | r | z | k | s | i | u | e | p
                 PG = sdp_property_group()
                 Reason = term()

              Retreive all the sdp records of type Type from the property group PG.

       versions1() -> {ok, VersionInfo} | {error, Reason}
       versions2() -> {ok, Info} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 VersionInfo = [version_info()]
                 version_info() = term()
                 Reason = term()

              Utility functions used to retrieve some system and application info.

              The difference between the two functions is in how they get the modules  to  check.
              versions1 uses the app-file and versions2 uses the function application:get_key.

       print_version_info() -> void()
       print_version_info(VersionInfo) -> void()

              Types:

                 VersionInfo = [version_info()]
                 version_info() = term()

              Utility  function  to produce a formated printout of the versions info generated by
              the versions1 and versions2 functions.

              The function  print_version_info/0  uses  the  result  of  function  version1/0  as
              VersionInfo.

              Example:

                         {ok, V} = megaco:versions1(), megaco:format_versions(V).

       enable_trace(Level, Destination) -> void()

              Types:

                 Level = max | min | 0 <= integer() <= 100
                 Destination = File | Port | HandlerSpec | io
                 File = string()
                 Port = integer()
                 HandleSpec = {HandlerFun, Data}
                 HandleFun = fun() (two arguments)
                 Data = term()

              This function is used to start megaco tracing at a given Level and direct result to
              the given Destination.

              It starts a tracer server and then sets the proper match spec (according to Level).

              In the case when Destination is File, the printable megaco  trace  events  will  be
              printed to the file File using plain io:format/2.

              In  the  case  when  Destination  is  io, the printable megaco trace events will be
              printed on stdout using plain io:format/2.

              See dbg for further information.

       disable_trace() -> void()

              This function is used to stop megaco tracing.

       set_trace(Level) -> void()

              Types:

                 Level = max | min | 0 <= integer() <= 100

              This function is used to change the megaco trace level.

              It is assumed that tracing has already been enabled (see enable_trace above).

       get_stats() -> {ok, TotalStats} | {error, Reason}
       get_stats(GlobalCounter) -> {ok, CounterStats} | {error, Reason}
       get_stats(ConnHandle) -> {ok, ConnHandleStats} | {error, Reason}
       get_stats(ConnHandle, Counter) -> {ok, integer()} | {error, Reason}

              Types:

                 TotalStats = [total_stats()]
                 total_stats() = {conn_handle(), [stats()]} | {global_counter(), integer()}
                 GlobalCounter = global_counter()
                 GlobalCounterStats = integer()
                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 ConnHandleStats = [stats()]
                 stats() = {counter(), integer()}
                 Counter = counter()
                 counter() = medGwyGatewayNumTimerRecovery | medGwyGatewayNumErrors
                 global_counter() = medGwyGatewayNumErrors
                 Reason = term()

              Retreive the (SNMP) statistic counters maintained by the  megaco  application.  The
              global  counters  handle  events  that  cannot be attributed to a single connection
              (e.g. protocol errors that occur before the connection has been properly setup).

       reset_stats() -> void()
       reset_stats(ConnHandle) -> void()

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()

              Reset all related (SNMP) statistics counters.

       test_request(ConnHandle,  Version,  EncodingMod,  EncodingConfig,  Actions)  ->  {MegaMsg,
       EncodeRes}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 Version = integer()
                 EncodingMod = atom()
                 EncodingConfig = Encoding configuration
                 Actions = A list
                 MegaMsg = #'MegacoMessage'{}
                 EncodeRes = {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}
                 Bin = binary()
                 Reason = term()

              Tests if the Actions argument is correctly composed.

              This  function  is only intended for testing purposes. It's supposed to have a same
              kind of interface as the  call  or  cast  functions  (with  the  additions  of  the
              EncodingMod  and  EncodingConfig  arguments). It composes a complete megaco message
              end attempts to encode it. The return value, will be a tuple of the composed megaco
              message and the encode result.

       test_reply(ConnHandle,   Version,   EncodingMod,   EncodingConfig,   Reply)  ->  {MegaMsg,
       EncodeRes}

              Types:

                 ConnHandle = conn_handle()
                 Version = integer()
                 EncodingMod = atom()
                 EncodingConfig = A list
                 Reply = actual_reply()
                 MegaMsg = #'MegacoMessage'{}
                 EncodeRes = {ok, Bin} | {error, Reason}
                 Bin = binary()
                 Reason = term()

              Tests if the Reply argument is correctly composed.

              This function is only intended for testing purposes.  It's  supposed  to  test  the
              actual_reply()  return  value  of  the  callback functions handle_trans_request and
              handle_trans_long_request functions (with the  additions  of  the  EncodingMod  and
              EncodingConfig  arguments).  It  composes a complete megaco message end attempts to
              encode it. The return value, will be a tuple of the composed megaco message and the
              encode result.