[occi-wg] Edgy Resource Attributes during Creation

[Gary Mazz]

Hi Ralf,

That should be clearly  communicated in the specs as well.

BTW, Trying to go though these specs pretending there is no intrinsic 
knowledge is much harder than it looks.. I how it pays off with more 
consistent implementations

-g

On 4/12/2011 12:17 AM, Ralf Nyren wrote:
> It depends on the multiplicity of the attributes (see e.g. OCCI
> Infrastructure).
>
> If an attribute is mutable and has a multiplicity greater than zero the
> client is supposed to supply it. If the client doesn't the OCCI server
> should return a Bad Request.
>
> On the other hand if the multiplicity is 0..x it is considered optional
> and it is up to the OCCI server to provide a sensible default.
>
> /Ralf
>
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:56:53 -0600, Gary Mazz<garymazzaferro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> One more edge..
>>
>> During resource creation, resource attributes are included with the
>> request.  OCCI defined resources have defined attributes.
>>
>> The question is what does the occi server do when insufficient
>> attributes are defined in the create request ? Does the create fail ?
>> Does the server populate the Resource with default values ? or does the
>> create complete missing some attributes.
>>
>> cheers
>> gary
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