Re: LFBLinkType's FromPortGroup definition?

Given that the full topology is fetched only once 
in a great while, I am not concerned with picking 
a representation that is easy to encode.  A few 
bytes on the wire per link is not a big deal.

Also, I do not want to mandate that the names be 
fixed length, since then we have to mandate fill, 
and recommend trimming for presentation to the 
user, etc.  All things I would rather stay away from.

Yours,
Joel M. Halpern

At 06:57 AM 9/26/2006, Jia Fenggen wrote:
>In FE object LFB definition,when we describe LFB 
>topology with LFBLinkTypes in which we define 
>FromPortGroup as string the size of which is 
>variable,should we use a fixed size string 
>because when it is we have to use another 
>FULLDATA TLV to encode each LFBLinkType? There 
>are other places string type is used,I will not list them all.
>             <name>LFBLinkType</name> 
>     <synopsis>                 Link between two 
> LFB instances of 
> topology               </synopsis> 
>   <struct>                 <element 
> elementID="1"> 
> <name>FromLFBID</name> 
> <synopsis>LFB 
> src</synopsis> 
> <typeRef>LFBSelectorType</typeRef> 
> </element>                 <element 
> elementID="2"> 
> <name>FromPortGroup</name> 
> <synopsis>src port 
> group</synopsis> 
> <typeRef>string</typeRef>                 </element>
>
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