Re: Notification no object

[Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: Tom Petch <nwnetworks@dial.pipex.com>
> Sent: Mar 9, 2005 11:17 AM
> To: mibs <ietfmibs@ops.ietf.org>
> Subject: Notification no object
>
> Is it valid to have a notification with an empty OBJECTS { } clause?
>
> Smilint seems to complain about an unexpected } when presented with such.
>
> RFC2578 seems silent on this.
...

The relevant part of RFC 2578 says:
NOTIFICATION-TYPE MACRO ::=
BEGIN
    TYPE NOTATION ::=
                  ObjectsPart
                  "STATUS" Status
                  "DESCRIPTION" Text
                  ReferPart

    VALUE NOTATION ::=
                  value(VALUE NotificationName)

    ObjectsPart ::=
                  "OBJECTS" "{" Objects "}"
                | empty

    Objects ::=
                  Object
                | Objects "," Object

    Object ::=
                  value(ObjectName)


This says that if "OBJECTS" is present, then it MUST be followed
by a "{", which MUST be followed by at least one object name,
and "," must appear between object names if there is more than one.

It sounds like smilint has it right.

Randy