API - Routines Available on CliSiTef

In this chapter, we will present the functions available in clisitef. To this end, the following will be adopted
conventions:

Empty field or not provided – in the standard version it is a field containing only the delimiter (binary zero).
In the ASCII version, if it is a fixed field it contains spaces. If it is a variable field it only contains the
start and end field delimiter.

Field size – in the case of a fixed size field, when this value is provided, it indicates what the
minimum size to be reserved by the application to receive a response from SiTef.

Type of function parameters – we will divide them into two groups:

1. Regarding the flow of information: the parameter can be input or output.

2. When passing: the parameter can be passed by value or by reference.
   Each routine described in this chapter normally has two versions/interfaces:

Standard interface – traditional, allows parameters with binary data

ASCII Interface – for interface with programming languages, whose parameters work only in
ASCII.

What differentiates the ASCII version from the standard version is the addition of the suffix A to the name of the functions, and the form /
type of parameter passing.