Daffodil provides extensions to the DFDL specification. These properties are in the namespace defined by the URI http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/extensions which is normally bound to the dfdlx prefix like so:

<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           xmlns:dfdl="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/"
           xmlns:dfdlx="http://www.ogf.org/dfdl/dfdl-1.0/extensions"
>

The following symbols defined in this namespace are described below.

Expression Functions

daf:error()

A function that can be used in DFDL expressions. This functions does not return a value or accept any arguments. When called, it causes a Parse Error or Unparse Error.

This function is deprecated as of Daffodil 2.0.0. Use the fn:error(...) function instead.

dfdlx:trace($value, $label)

A function that can be used in DFDL expressions, similar to the fn:trace() function. This logs the string $label followed by $value converted to a string and returns $value. The second argument must be of type xs:string.

dfdlx:lookahead(offset, bitSize)

TBD

Bitwise Functions

TBD, but the complete list (all dfdlx) is BitAnd, BitNot, BitOr, BitXor, LeftShift, RightShift

dfdlx:doubleFromRawLong and dfdlx:doubleToRawLong

TBD

Properties

dfdlx:parseUnparsePolicy

A property applied to simple and complex elements, which specifies whether the element supports only parsing, only unparsing, or both parsing and unparse. Valid values for this property are parse, unparse, or both. This allows one to leave off properties that are required for only parse or only unparse, such as dfdl:outputValueCalc or dfdl:outputNewLine, so that one may have a valid schema if only a subset of functionality is needed.

All elements must have a compatible parseUnparsePolicy with the compilation parseUnparsePolicy (which is defined by the root element daf:parseUnparsePolicy and/or the Daffodil parseUnparsePolicy tunable) or it is a Schema Definition Error. An element is defined to have a compatible parseUnparsePolicy if it has the same value as the compilation parseUnparsePolicy or if it has the value both.

For compatibility, if this property is not defined, it is assumed to be both.

dfdlx:layer

Layers provide algorithmic capabilities for decoding/encoding data or computing checksums. Some are built-in to Daffodil. New layers can be created in Java/Scala and plugged-in to Daffodil dynamically.

dfdlx:direction

TBD

dfdlx:repType, dfdlx:repValues, and dfdlx:repValueRanges

TBD

Extended Behaviors

Type xs:hexBinary

Daffodil allows dfdlx:lengthUnits='bits' for this simple type.