[ovs-discuss] ovsdb protocol version
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Fri Oct 4 04:06:25 UTC 2013
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 08:01:45AM +0400, Vasiliy Tolstov wrote:
> I have a question about :
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-pfaff-ovsdb-proto-04, Why Max
> integer or string? Why no use -1 for max for example?
> In case of integer or sting this creates problems with automatic
> encoding/decoding this json type =(
The format is flexible and I didn't have a reason not to use it.
> <type>
> The type of a database column. Either an <atomic-type> or a JSON
> object that describes the type of a database column, with the
> following members:
>
>
> "key": <base-type> required
> "value": <base-type> optional
> "min": <integer> optional
> "max": <integer> or "unlimited" optional
>
> If "min" or "max" is not specified, each defaults to 1. If "max"
> is specified as "unlimited", then there is no specified maximum
> number of elements, although the implementation will enforce some
> limit. After considering defaults, "min" must be exactly 0 or
> exactly 1, "max" must be at least 1, and "max" must be greater
> than or equal to "min".
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