[netmod] Default choice case with only empty leaf - Is this allowed ?

"Beauville, Yves (Nokia - BE/Antwerp)" <yves.beauville@nokia.com> Tue, 05 November 2019 09:07 UTC

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From: "Beauville, Yves (Nokia - BE/Antwerp)" <yves.beauville@nokia.com>
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Thread-Topic: Default choice case with only empty leaf - Is this allowed ?
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Subject: [netmod] Default choice case with only empty leaf - Is this allowed ?
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Hello,

In the example provided in section 7.9.3 of RFC7950, is it legal to 
redefine the default case like below?

      container transfer {
        choice how {
          default manual;     // redefined
          case interval {
            leaf interval {
              type uint16;
              units minutes;
              default 30;
            }
          }
          case daily {
            leaf daily {
              type empty;
            }
            leaf time-of-day {
              type string;
              units 24-hour-clock;
              default "01.00";
            }
          }
          case manual {
            leaf manual {
              type empty;
            }
          }
        }
      }

What is expected to happen when an <edit-config> request creates the 
'transfer' container without providing any data for the choice 'how'?

Since an empty leaf conveys information by its presence or absence, and 
cannot have a default value, is it correct to assume that the 'manual' 
leaf will be present, even though it was not explicitly created by the 
<edit-config> request?

Can someone clarify?


Yves