Re: [netconf] Error to make a NETCONF action call without including an action node?

["Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa)" <[e-mail]>]

No.  I meant this as my example (but Martin's reply clarified it). Sorry for the confusion of having those mandatory statements (although I don't think those are evaluated unless their action parent is requested, a bit like a presence container).

   module test {
       container foo {
         leaf bar { type uint8; }
         action reset {
           input {
             leaf reset-at {
               type yang:date-and-time;
              }
            }
            output {
              leaf reset-finished-at {
                type yang:date-and-time;
              }
            }
         } // action reset
       } // container foo
   } // module

Should NETCONF return an error (which one?) for this request or would the server simply do nothing an return "OK" (like doing a get-data on a non-existent list entry) ?

     <rpc message-id="101"
          xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1..0">
       <action xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:1">
         <foo xmlns="urn:example:test">
         </foo>
       </action>
     </rpc>


From: Reshad Rahman (rrahman) <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 12:13 PM
To: Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa) <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [netconf] Error to make a NETCONF action call without including an action node?

I just saw Martin’s response which points out that you’re missing the reset node. So your example should have the reset node but no reset-at input?

From: "Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa)" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:45 AM
To: "Reshad Rahman (rrahman)" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>, "[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Subject: RE: [netconf] Error to make a NETCONF action call without including an action node?

I used a bad example.  Pretend the mandatory statement wasn't there. Is it an error?

From: Reshad Rahman (rrahman) <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2020 11:39 AM
To: Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa) <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>; [e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [netconf] Error to make a NETCONF action call without including an action node?

Jason, my understanding is that an error should be returned since the input leaf has mandatory true.

Interestingly, the following text (for rpc) is missing from the action section. Oversight or on purpose?
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7950#section-7.14.2
   If a leaf in the input tree has a "mandatory" statement with the
   value "true", the leaf MUST be present in an RPC invocation.

I’d expect this error:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241#appendix-A
   error-tag:      missing-attribute
   error-type:     rpc, protocol, application
   error-severity: error
   error-info:     <bad-attribute> : name of the missing attribute
                   <bad-element> : name of the element that is supposed
                     to contain the missing attribute
   Description:    An expected attribute is missing.

Regards,
Reshad.

From: netconf <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>> on behalf of "Sterne, Jason (Nokia - CA/Ottawa)" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 11:06 AM
To: "[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>" <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
Subject: [netconf] Error to make a NETCONF action call without including an action node?

Hi all,

If we have this YANG model (omitting some details):

   module test {
       container foo {
         leaf bar { type uint8; }
         action reset {
           input {
             leaf reset-at {
               type yang:date-and-time;
               mandatory true;
              }
            }
            output {
              leaf reset-finished-at {
                type yang:date-and-time;
                mandatory true;
              }
            }
         } // action reset
       } // container foo
   } // module

Should NETCONF return an error (which one?) for this request or would the server simply do nothing an return "OK" (like doing a get-data on a non-existent list entry) ?

     <rpc message-id="101"
          xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1..0">
       <action xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:1">
         <foo xmlns="urn:example:test">
         </foo>
       </action>
     </rpc>

Jason