[asterisk-users] Conditional include=> ?

[Roderick A. Anderson]

Steve Davies wrote:
> 2008/4/22 Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>:
>> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:55:37AM +0100, Steve Davies wrote:
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  > Does anyone have a clever method of doing a conditional "include =>"
>>  > line in the dialplan?
>>  >
>>  > I want to include a bunch of standard contexts, but in the middle of
>>  > the bunch have one or more conditionally included, a bit like:
>>  >
>>  > [default]
>>  > include => start-here
>>  > include => then-here
>>  > if $[{COMPANY} = A]
>>  >     include => company-A
>>  > endif
>>  > if $[{COMPANY} = B]
>>  >     include => company-B
>>  > endif
>>  > if $[{COMPANY} = C]
>>  >     include => company-C
>>  > endif
>>  > include => end-here
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > The list of conditional variables, and of static includes is
>>  > potentially large, so I do not want to create several separate sets of
>>  > contexts with lots of repetition as it is likely to get out-of-control
>>  > very quickly.
>>
>>  A different approach:
>>
>>  [company-base](!)
>>  ; common settings
>>
>>  [company-A](company-base)
>>  ; specific for company A
>>
>>  [company-B](company-base)
>>  ; specific for company B
>>
>>  [company-C](company-base)
>>  ; specific for company C
>>
>>
>>  Keep in mind you can also use:
>>
>>  [sub-template](!,base-template)
>>
>>  And:
>>
>>  [context](template1,template2)
>>
>>  But one limitation is that you can only add: no way to remove line added
>>  by a template your context uses.
>>
> 
> That sounds interesting, though I am not aware of that format - Guess
> I'll go look it up in the WiKi :)

It was a nice surprise I got while reading the downloaded version of 
"Asterisk: The Future of Telephony."  Not sure if it is in the Wiki as 
the PDF version works fine until my dead-tree version arrives.  I didn't 
even look.


Rod
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> 
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 
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