[ovs-discuss] ovsdb protocol version

[Ben Pfaff]

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".