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Package namespace for BER encoding and decoding components.

== Types

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| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerConstants.adoc[`BerConstants`] 
| This `struct` contains enumerations of the constants used by the BER encoder and decoder.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoder.adoc[`BerDecoder`] 
| This class contains the parameterized `decode` functions that decode data (in BER format) from an incoming stream into `bdlat` types.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoderOptions.adoc[`BerDecoderOptions`] 
| BER decoding options
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoder_Node.adoc[`BerDecoder_Node`] 
| This class provides current context for BER decoding process and represents a node for BER element.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoder_NodeVisitor.adoc[`BerDecoder_NodeVisitor`] 
| This class is used as a visitor for visiting contained objects during decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoder_UniversalElementVisitor.adoc[`BerDecoder_UniversalElementVisitor`] 
| This `class` is used as a visitor for visiting the top‐level element and also array elements during decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerDecoder_Zeroer.adoc[`BerDecoder_Zeroer`] 
| This class is a deleter that just zeroes out a given pointer upon destruction, for making code exception‐safe.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder.adoc[`BerEncoder`] 
| This class contains the parameterized `encode` functions that encode `bdlat` types to an outgoing stream in BER format.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoderOptions.adoc[`BerEncoderOptions`] 
| Forward declaration of `BerEncoderOptions`.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoderOptionsUtil.adoc[`BerEncoderOptionsUtil`] 
| This `struct` provides a namespace for functions that set `BerEncoderOptions` to particular configurations.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder_LevelGuard.adoc[`BerEncoder_LevelGuard`] 
| This class serves the purpose to automatically increment‐decrement the current depth level.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder_UniversalElementVisitor.adoc[`BerEncoder_UniversalElementVisitor`] 
| Visitor for top‐level and array elements during BER encoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder_UseArrayLengthHintGuard.adoc[`BerEncoder_UseArrayLengthHintGuard`] 
| This class serves the purpose to set and reset the value of `d_useArrayLengthHint`.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder_Visitor.adoc[`BerEncoder_Visitor`] 
| This class is used as a visitor for visiting contained objects during encoding. Produces always BER elements with CONTEXT_SPECIFIC BER tag.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerEncoder_encodeProxy.adoc[`BerEncoder_encodeProxy`] 
| Component‐private struct. Provides accessor that keeps current context and can be used in different `bdlat` Category Functions.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUniversalTagNumber.adoc[`BerUniversalTagNumber`] 
| This `struct` contains an enumeration of the universal tag numbers for BER encoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUniversalTagNumber_Sel.adoc[`BerUniversalTagNumber_Sel`] 
| Component‐private class. Do not use. This class contains implementation details of this component.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil.adoc[`BerUtil`] 
| Utility for encoding and decoding primitive BER constructs and values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_BooleanImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_BooleanImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER boolean encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_CharacterImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_CharacterImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER byte‐value encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_Constants.adoc[`BerUtil_Constants`] 
| Constants used by BER encoders and decoders.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateAndTimeEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DateAndTimeEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for all date and time types supported by `BerUtil`.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeader.adoc[`BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeader`] 
| Two‐byte header for extended‐binary date‐and‐time encodings.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeaderImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeaderImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for extended‐binary date‐and‐time header encoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeaderType.adoc[`BerUtil_DateAndTimeHeaderType`] 
| Header‐type values for extended‐binary date‐and‐time encodings.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DateEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::Date` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_DateImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER date encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateOrDateTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DateOrDateTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for date or date‐with‐time‐zone variant values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DateTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DateTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::DateTz` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DatetimeEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DatetimeEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::Datetime` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DatetimeImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_DatetimeImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER datetime encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DatetimeOrDatetimeTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DatetimeOrDatetimeTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for datetime or datetime‐with‐time‐zone variants.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_DatetimeTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_DatetimeTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::DatetimeTz` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_ExtendedBinaryEncodingUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_ExtendedBinaryEncodingUtil`] 
| Utilities deciding when to use extended‐binary date/time encodings.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_FloatingPointImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_FloatingPointImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER floating‐point encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_GetValueImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_GetValueImpUtil`] 
| Overload set implementing `BerUtil::getValue` for supported types.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_IdentifierImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_IdentifierImpUtil`] 
| This component‐private utility `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of functions used by `BerUtil` to implement BER identifier octet encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_IntegerImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_IntegerImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER integer encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_Iso8601ImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_Iso8601ImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for ISO 8601 date and time BER encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_LengthImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_LengthImpUtil`] 
| This component‐private utility `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of functions used by `BerUtil` to implement BER length quantity encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_PutValueImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_PutValueImpUtil`] 
| Overload set implementing `BerUtil::putValue` for supported types.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_RawIntegerImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_RawIntegerImpUtil`] 
| Low‐level utilities for BER integer encoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_StreambufUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_StreambufUtil`] 
| Utilities for BDE‐style stream‐buffer input and output.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_StringImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_StringImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER string encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_TimeEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_TimeEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::Time` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_TimeImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_TimeImpUtil`] 
| Utilities for BER time encoding and decoding.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_TimeOrTimeTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_TimeOrTimeTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for time or time‐with‐time‐zone variant values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_TimeTzEncoding.adoc[`BerUtil_TimeTzEncoding`] 
| Encoding formats for `bdlt::TimeTz` values.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/BerUtil_TimezoneOffsetImpUtil.adoc[`BerUtil_TimezoneOffsetImpUtil`] 
| This component‐private utility `struct` provides a namespace for a suite of functions and constants used by `BerUtil` to encode and decode time‐zone values.
|===


== Functions

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|===
| Name| Description
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/operator_lshift-09c.adoc[`operator<<`] 
| Stream insertion operators
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/operator_eq-061.adoc[`operator==`] 
| Return `true` if the specified `lhs` and `rhs` have the same value.
| xref:BloombergLP/balber/operator_not_eq-01.adoc[`operator!=`] 
| Inequality operators
|===



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