The configuration file consists of objects that type is specified by a keyword used inside their names and their specification is limited by braces {}. Currently only one type of objects is permitted and its keyword is association. A keyword that describes type of object must be a single word in all line. The same rule is applicable to braces that begin and end an object definition. An generic object definition is shown below:

association

{

...

}

Fields occurred between braces are exactly specified like an order of them. Each field in a object definition takes whole line and has got below form:

keyword=

A first field is var that must be followed by a string describing name of variable which may be used in the further part of the definition. A field var may occur zero or more times and in that way it may define many variables. Two last fields of the definition are: string1 and string2. They describe identifiers of messages that is going to be associated each other. An example definition may have following form:

association

{

var=$1

string1=link $1 up

string2=link $1 down

}

and according to that following two messages:

information: link serial1/1 up in router

information: link serial1/1 down in router

match each other but these ones:

information: link serial1/2 up in router

information: link serial1/1 down in router

don't match each other.