Automated encoding of field operators

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors, and
• an encoder module, executable by the one or more processors, to:
• select a message description indicating that a pre-defined operator is associated with a message data field;
• receive information associated with the message data field;
• and
• responsive to determining that the information indicates the message data field does not include any data, determine whether to include, in a second message that is associated with the message description, a data value for the message data field of the second message based on the pre-defined operator,
• wherein the data value is stored by the computing device and is associated with the message data field.

A computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that when executed cause one or more processors of a computing device to:

• select a message description indicating that a pre-defined operator is associated with a message data field;
• receive information associated with the message data field;
• and
• responsive to determining that the information indicates the message data field does not include any data, determine whether to include, in a second message that is associated with the message description, a data value for the message data field of the second message based on the pre-defined operator,
• wherein the data value is stored by the computing device and is associated with the message data field.