Re: subelements

[Phil Shafer <phil@juniper.net>]

Andy Bierman writes:
>But let's say (hypothetical) you advertised a capability
>that said "I do not support the <lock> operation" and you
>also advertise the netconf-base capability that implies you
>do support the <lock> operation.   That is not allowed
>in the protocol.

Right, because by advertising the base netconf capability, you've
agreed to abide by a set of behavior specified on the capability
definition.  This serves as a contract between the client and server.
If your server don't implement parts of a contract that you advertise,
you've lied and misled the client into performing operations that
may fail in ways the client is not prepared to handle.

Thanks,
 Phil

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