[AGENT++] Processing errors for multiple varbinds in SNMP req uest

[Frank Fock]

Marek Malowidzki wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Frank Fock" <fock at agentpp.com>
>To: "Rajesh Semwal" <rsemwal at sta.samsung.com>
>Cc: <agentpp at agentpp.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 12:07 AM
>Subject: Re: [AGENT++] Processing errors for multiple varbinds in SNMP req
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>>Rajesh,
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>>Yes indeed, when you return an error on a get_request, the processing
>>continues. This is a bug and will be changed in the next release. However,
>>normally this bug will have no effect, since a GET request should not
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>>an error. The view and access handling is already handled before an
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>Well, I personally believe that, under some circumstances, it could return
>an error (e.g., when a hardware failure occurs).
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Of course.

>But I would like to ask another question: Is there a possibility to return
>an error for a different variable binding that the one that is currently
>being processed (I mean SET here)? This could be useful e.g. for a row with
>some dependences between particular variables; a code that processes
>everything in a single place could decide which variable is responsible for
>an error. In the common approach, an error code must be stored and one has
>to wait for a method on the appropriate variable to be called.
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Yes, you can set the error status for any subrequest (not only of that
subrequest that is currently processed). Just use the Request pointer.

Best regards,
Frank