[SNMP4J] Extending MIBs

[Ron Fulkerson]

Hi All,

I am in the midst of writing several MIBs and the accompanying SNMP code 
for an existing product.  While I have been working on this I have 
wondered what experience people have had setting up an hierarchy of MIBs 
for a single software product.

I am thinking of an hierarchy along the lines of something similar to 
how java objects extend one another.  For example, if I have a three 
classes z which extends y which extends x; is it best to make three 
separate MIBs which describe the SNMP components of each class (i.e. 
xMIB, yMIB, and zMIB -- using proper MIB extension).  Or, is it better 
to implement a single MIB which describes a single view of the product 
(i.e. xyzMIB).

Please let me know about your experiences and opinions!

Thanks,
Ron