> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T. Perkins [mailto:dperkins@dsperkins.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 15:38
> To: xml list
> Subject: Re: On box implementation
My point is that if the data model of CLI and the data model for XML are similar enough then the chance is much greater that the method routines will implemented once. If the data models are sufficiently different, as is often the case with CLI and SNMP, then the chance is much greater that different method routines will be required.
I think that we want to make sure we facilitate a greater chance of having a single method routine that can support CLI and XML. That makes good engineering sense. Not being able to easily have a single method routine is one of the current complaints around SNMP.
Bad engineers will surely find a way to implement this in the most inefficient way.
> The other aspect is whether organizationally, the same person or
> team are developing the CLI code and the code for other management
> interfaces. If they are different (or done at different times),
> then due to human nature, the code will diverge.
/gww