Re: [netmod] RFC 7951 - JSON encoding of empty lists

Kent Watsen <kent@watsen.net> Wed, 30 March 2022 10:38 UTC

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> Also note that #1 isn't really of much use, as entire list and leaf-list instances aren't even resources/endpoints in RESTCONF API - e.g. it's not possible to GET the entire list.

True, but the “list-pagination” drafts (adoption-call in NETCONF) seek to change this. 

K.