How do I select a CHOICE component?

The following example and also exists as a part of a sample in the sample directory. Shown first is field of a SEQUENCE in the ASN.1 definition.

operation [7] CHOICE
       {
        createReqt [0] CreateReqt,
        updateReqt [1] UpdateReqt
       }

The representation of a CHOICE type is a structure which includes a choice field and element fields (for each CHOICE alternative). In addition to these fields, #define constants are also defined for each alternative in the CHOICE type. For the ASN.1 above, the following is generated.

struct {
  unsigned short choice;
     # define createReqt_chosen 1
     # define updateReqt_chosen 2
              
        union {
        CreateReqt createReqt; /* to choose, set choice to
                * createReqt_chosen */
                UpdateReqt updateReqt; /* to choose, set choice to
                * updateReqt_chosen */
                } u;
                } operation;
 

To specify that a particular alternative is selected, all you have to do is set the choice field equal to the #define constant that corresponds to the selected alternative.

myMsg.operation.choice = createReqt_chosen;
      myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.ordId = 5432;
      memcpy(myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.action.value,          
      actionOctStr, 5); 

myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.action.length = 5;
       memcpy(myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.fldNm.value, fldNmOctStr,          15);

myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.fldNm.length = 15;
        myMsg.operation.u.createReqt.creditChecked = TRUE; 

For the complete example (including the definition of createReqt), refer to the ASN.1/C Runtime Functions Reference section.

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