[Quickfixj-users] Using different delimiters for repeating groups with the same fix tag

[Kodippili A. A. <as...@ls...>]

The server that our tool is communicating with has defined 3 different repeating group messages with the same fix tag but different delimiters.

Ex: Sever has 3 different messages (message types "3345", ""3350_1", "3350_2"). All 3 have the same fix tag "295", but message type 3345 has the delimiter tag 55 ( FIX Symbol) while 3350_1 and 3350_2 messages have the delimiter tag  "299" ("Fix Quote Entry ID" )

<fld name="Fix Number of Quote Entries" fixtag="295" datatype="smsg_array" presence="optional" ref_msgtype="3345" />
<fld name="Fix Number of Quote Entries" fixtag="295" datatype="smsg_array" presence="mandatory" ref_msgtype="3350_1" />
<fld name="Fix Number of Quote Entries" fixtag="295" datatype="smsg_array" presence="optional" ref_msgtype="3350_2" />

<msg name="exchange::Fix5 Quote Entry" type="3345">
    <fld name="Fix Symbol" fixtag="55" datatype="string" presence="optional" maxlen="25" />
    <fld name="Fix NoUnderlyings" fixtag="711" datatype="smsg_array" presence="optional" ref_msgtype="3341" />
</msg>

<msg name="exchange::Fix5 Mass Quote Ack Quote Entry" type="3350_1" rpt_grp_only="true">
   <fld name="Fix Quote Entry ID" fixtag="299" datatype="string" presence="mandatory" maxlen="20" />
    <fld name="Fix Symbol" fixtag="55" datatype="string" presence="mandatory" maxlen="25" />
    <fld name="Fix Bid Price" fixtag="132" datatype="double" presence="optional" decimals="8" />
    <fld name="Fix Bid Size" fixtag="134" datatype="double" presence="optional" decimals="8" />
    <fld name="Fix Offer Price" fixtag="133" datatype="double" presence="optional" decimals="8" />
     <fld name="Fix Offer Size" fixtag="135" datatype="double" presence="optional" decimals="8" />
</msg>

<msg name="exchange::Fix5 Mass Quote Ack Quote Entry" type="3350_2" rpt_grp_only="true">
    <fld name="Fix Quote Entry ID" fixtag="299" datatype="string" presence="optional" maxlen="20" />
    <fld name="Fix Symbol" fixtag="55" datatype="string" presence="optional" maxlen="25" />
    <fld name="Fix Quote Entry Status" fixtag="1167" datatype="int32" presence="optional" />
    <fld name="Fix Quote Entry Reject Reason" fixtag="368" datatype="int32" presence="optional" />
</msg>

We are using the below method to create the groups via quickfix  and have set a limitation in our end that if multiple repeating groups have the same fix tag, they should all share the same delimiter.
public Group(int field, int delim)

Does quickfix/J  support setting multiple delimiters for the same group tag ?

Thanks,
Kodippili Arachchige Asanka
Specialist Software Engineer, MillenniumIT
LSEG Technology
Telephone +94 11 241 6000 Ext 26717
Mobile +94 77 9627002
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MillenniumIT, No 01, Millennium Drive, Malabe
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