1. A method for call control processing in a telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: providing a universal data structure definition, the universal data structure definition comprising, an event definition comprising an event identification, the event identification identifying a particular event, and a component definition comprising a component identification, the component identification identifying a particular component; receiving an event message in response to an event occurring in the telecommunications system; generating a first universal data structure in response to the event message, the first universal data structure representing the event and comprising, an event identification set forth in the event definition identifying the event represented by the first universal data structure, and a component identification set forth in the component definition identifying a first component that generated the first universal data structure; and activating a state machine within the telecommunications system in response to the first universal data structure.