Ira,
Considering what I was calling the "connections" as the initial operations requested in the Post by the managed object, these operations would be called;
Get Schedule (arguments include ID of device or proxy [which represents a group of devices])
(Accept) Periodic report
(Accept) Alert Report (notification)
The schedule would consist of one or more of what we have been previously calling operation requests (e.g., get element), qualified by time, condition and (to accommodate proxies) actual managed object ID. The time could be immediate, in which case you would have the exchange:
Managed Object Manager
Open connection or send initial mail message
----------------------Get Schedule------------------------------>
<----Schedule (get-element X, device y, immediate)---
-----Accept Report (element X value, device y)--------->
<---------------------------Report Accepted------------------------
----------------------Get Schedule------------------------------>
<-------Schedule (send next Get Schedule [time], end)-----
close connection or cease POP polling
Perhaps we could also allow that a Schedule can be the response to an Accept Report. That would simplify an exchange to:
Managed Object Manager
----------------------Get Schedule------------------------------>
<----Schedule (get-element X, device y, immediate)---
-----Accept Report (element X value, device y)--------->
<----Schedule (get-element Z, device y, immediate)---
-----Accept Report (element X value, device y)--------->
<-------Schedule (send next Get Schedule [time], end)-----
I am uncertain if we can represent the operation commands contained within the Get Schedule operation response in the same was as the Get Schedule, Accept Report and Accept Alert operations.
Bill Wagner
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