Hi,
what about this wording :
[...]
A node-instance-identifier value is an unrestricted
YANG instance-identifier expression or the special
value '/', which refers to the entire accessible tree.
[...]
/js
On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 01:19:47PM +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
> On 2019-11-04 11:32, Schönwälder, Jürgen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > this may be resolved by adding
> >
> > The special value '/' refers to the entire accessible tree.
> >
> > to the description statement. Does this work for you?
>
> Hm, it seems to me that this would conflict with this part of the
> description:
>
> A node-instance-identifier value is an
> unrestricted YANG instance-identifier expression.
>
> All the same rules as an instance-identifier apply,
> except that predicates for keys are optional. If a key
> predicate is missing, then the node-instance-identifier
> represents all possible server instances for that key.
>
> - since '/' is not a valid value for a YANG instance-identifier.
> I.e. if '/' should be included in the typedef (seems reasonable to
> me), the text for it probably needs to be "incorporated" in the text
> above.
>
> --Per
>
> > /js
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 03:17:25PM +0100, Robert Wilton wrote:
> > > Hi Juergen,
> > >
> > > Should the "node-instance-identify" type specify how the path "/" is
> > > treated?
> > >
> > > I noted that in rfc8341, the behavior for "/" is described in the leaf
> > > "path" description rather than in the type definition, but I was thinking
> > > that it might be better if this behaviour was specified as part of the
> > > typedef.
> > >
> > > Snippet from RFC8341:
> > >
> > > case data-node {
> > > leaf path {
> > > type node-instance-identifier;
> > > mandatory true;
> > > description
> > > "Data node instance-identifier associated with the
> > > data node, action, or notification controlled by
> > > this rule.
> > >
> > > Configuration data or state data
> > > instance-identifiers start with a top-level
> > > data node. A complete instance-identifier is
> > > required for this type of path value.
> > >
> > > The special value '/' refers to all possible
> > > datastore contents.";
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rob
> > >
> >
>
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