JMP Mail Archive: RE: JMP> Resource Table - Missile or Camera (fwd)
RE: JMP> Resource Table - Missile or Camera (fwd)
Tom Hastings (
hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Mon, 31 Mar 1997 14:58:31 PST
At 17:31 02/14/97 PST, Ron Bergman wrote:
>Harry,
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>It looks like the object jmResourceName is more confusing than
>descriptive. It is not intended to be the name of the resource
>but is to be used for resources that require a string to be
>returned. For example, fileName(3) and documentName(4) are
>resources that cannot be represented by a numeric value. In
>this case jmResourceAmount would be zero and the actual value
>of the resource is presented in jmResourceName. (I believe
>that this was discussed in last weeks meeting after you left
>for the airport.)
>
>In the case of a numeric value jmResourceName would be a
>string of zero length. Use of the object as a name of the
>resource in this case was agreed to be removed in the meeting
>last week.
>
>To eliminate some of this confusion the jmResourceName object
>name should be changed to something like jmResourceStringValue.
>
>Can anyone suggest a better name?
So now we have:
The Attribute Group (Mandatory) 78
jmAttributeTypeIndex 80
jmAttributeInstanceIndex 81
jmAttributeValueAsInteger 81
jmAttributeValueAsOctets 82
Ok?
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> Ron Bergman
> Dataproducts Corp.
> rbergma@dpc.com
> (805)578-4421
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
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>Harry wrote:
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>One thing I'm finding is that Resource Name seems to be redundant
>with information that should already be in the Printer MIB. I wonder
>how useful resource name is. If we're trying to name a resource like
>OutputBin (3) "Big Bin" - then the name is surely in the printer MIB
>and a server implementation would not be representing this resource.
>If we're trying to get fancy and say MediaType (Paper) "Hillary's
>Pink LetterHead", I really doubt any accounting application will
>be this sensitive. I think a Paper enum (Grade-A, Grade-B etc.)
>for charging purposes is more practical.
>
>Anyone else vie for eliminating Resource Name?
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>Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems.
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