AW: Re: [SNMP4J] cannot print out date properly

[Frank Fock]

Hi Sam,

Of course, you can implement your own code. The
DISPLAY-HINT TC is well defined in the RFCs, but
you will always know the corresponding MIB definition
for a particular object!

Best regards,
Frank

Sam Chen wrote:

> Hi Frank,
>    Why some of the DisplayString shows correctly like
> Device Description, and some don't, like Interface
> Description.  Is there any way to format these values
> without using JASMI?  I am only encountering two types
> of values not showing proper formatted string, and I
> don't want to use JASMI just to format these two
> values correctly.  Any thoughts Frank?
> 
> Sam
> 
> --- fock at agentpp.com wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Ron,
>>
>>The formatting and displaying of SNMP values is not
>>part of the protocol API. Such functions should be
>>placed one level higher. You can use JASMI 
>>(http://www.mibdesigner.com) or other
>>Java SMI APIs to implement such functionality.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Frank
>>
>>
>>>
>>>I would suspect the MIB object in question
>>
>>(1.3.6.1.2.1.25.6.3.1.5) is
>>
>>>defined with a TimeAndDate display hint, which has
>>
>>a base syntax of OCTET
>>
>>>STRING.
>>>
>>>It would be the responsibility of the manager
>>
>>application, using SNMP4J, to
>>
>>>format the OCTET STRING appropriately.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Matthieu Casanova
>>
>><chocolat.mou at gmail.com>@agentpp.org on
>>09/02/2005
>>
>>>01:58:22 AM
>>>
>>>Sent by:    snmp4j-bounces at agentpp.org
>>>
>>>
>>>To:    Sam Chen <csam2ca at yahoo.com>
>>>cc:    snmp4j at agentpp.org
>>>Subject:    Re: [SNMP4J] cannot print out date
>>
>>properly
>>
>>>
>>>2005/9/2, Sam Chen <csam2ca at yahoo.com>:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> When I tried to get the software table and
>>
>>tried to
>>
>>>> print out the result for
>>>> installed_date(1.3.6.1.2.1.25.6.3.1.5) by
>>
>>using the
>>
>>>> following code:
>>>>
>>>> ////////////////////////////////////////////
>>>> VariableBinding[] variables =
>>
>>tableEvent.getColumns();
>>
>>>> String value =
>>
>>variables[3].getVariable().toString();
>>
>>>> system.out.println(value);
>>>> /////////////////////////////////
>>>> and it prints out the value like
>>>> 07:d5:07:15:17:08:20:00
>>>>
>>>> I was expecting values like a date format of
>>
>>string.
>>
>>>> How can I convert that to a string that is in
>>
>>the date
>>
>>>> format?
>>>
>>>
>>>Are you sure that it is the good variable index ?
>>>Because this looks like a MAC address isn't it ?
>>>
>>>Matthieu
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>SNMP4J mailing list
>>>SNMP4J at agentpp.org
>>><a target="_blank" 
>>
>>href="http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j">http://lists.agentpp.or
>>
>>>g/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j</a>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>SNMP4J mailing list
>>>SNMP4J at agentpp.org
>>><a target="_blank" 
>>
>>href="http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j">http://lists.agentpp.or
>>
>>>g/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j</a>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>SNMP4J mailing list
>>SNMP4J at agentpp.org
>>http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j
>>
> 
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com 
> _______________________________________________
> SNMP4J mailing list
> SNMP4J at agentpp.org
> http://lists.agentpp.org/mailman/listinfo/snmp4j