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This article describes how to customize FIX and FIXML dictionaries
The articles describe:
- how FIX and FIXML dictionaries are built,
- how to customize dictionaries:
- how to define a custom tag;
- how to extend existing message with a custom tag;
- how to extend the list of custom tag values;
- how to define a custom message etc.
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When you are applying customizations for FIX and FIXML dictionaries to build a custom FIX FIXML converter make sure that both dictionaries fully correspond to each other. |
How to customize a FIX dictionary
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FIX dictionary consists of the following blocks:
Block name | Description | |||
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| <fixdic> | FIX dictionary main node | |||
| <typelist> | Data types list definition | |||
| -> | <typedef > | Data type definition | ||
| <fielddic> | FIX tags and values identifier | |||
| -> | <valblockdef> | FIX tag values block definition | ||
| -> | <fielddef> | FIX tag definition | ||
| <msgdic> | Messages and component blocks definition | |||
| -> | <blockdef> | Definition of the Component Block used in FIX message | ||
| -> | <msgdef> | FIX message definition | <group> | Repeating group definition |
An example of FIXdic.xml structure is given below.
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