Configuring an External Dictionary

The dictionary configuration has the following structure:

<dictionary>
    <name>dict_name</name>

    <source>
      <!-- Source configuration -->
    </source>

    <layout>
      <!-- Memory layout configuration -->
    </layout>

    <structure>
      <!-- Complex key configuration -->
    </structure>

    <lifetime>
      <!-- Lifetime of dictionary in memory -->
    </lifetime>
</dictionary>
  • name – The identifier that can be used to access the dictionary. Use the characters [a-zA-Z0-9_\-].
  • source — Source of the dictionary.
  • layout — Dictionary layout in memory.
  • structure — Structure of the dictionary . A key and attributes that can be retrieved by this key.
  • lifetime — Frequency of dictionary updates.

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