[Xorp-hackers] Template files

[Victor Faion]

Thank you, this has made it work. I think I misunderstood the point of
the template files, I thought all the functions in the protocol had to
be described in the template, but it's just the ones that are used for
configuration when you start rtrmgr (I think).

On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:10, Pavlin Radoslavov
<pavlin at icsi.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Victor Faion <vfaion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Just wanted some help regarding template files. I was trying to write
>> a simple template file for a process that has a function that just
>> takes in an input message (string), modifies it and gives it back to
>> the callback function, but I didn't know how. Or are the template
>> files supposed to be automatically generated?
>
> You need to write them by hand.
>
> Your template file should look like the following. The string to be
> set in the user config is "my-string", and the XRL itself is
> "myproto/myproto/0.1/set_mystring?mystring:txt=$(@)"
>
> Hope that helps,
> Pavlin
>
> protocols {
>    myproto {
>        targetname:     txt = "myproto";
>        my-string:      txt;
>    }
> }
>
> protocols {
>    myproto {
>        %help:          short           "Configure myproto";
>        %modinfo:       provides        myproto;
> /* XXX: uncomment if the FEA must be started first
>        %modinfo:       depends         fea;
> */
>        %modinfo:       path            "myproto/xorp_myproto";
>        %modinfo:       default_targetname "myproto";
>        %modinfo:       status_method   xrl "$(myproto.targetname)/common/0.1/get_status->status:u32&reason:txt";
>        %modinfo:       shutdown_method xrl "$(myproto.targetname)/common/0.1/shutdown";
>
>        %mandatory:     $(@.targetname);
>
> /* XXX: The optional XRL that will be called on startup
>        %activate:      xrl "$(myproto.targetname)/myproto/0.1/start_myproto";
> */
>
>        targetname {
>            %user-hidden: "XRL target name";
>            %help:      short "XRL target name";
>            %set:;
>        }
>
>        my-string {
>            %help:      short "Set my string";
>            %set:       xrl "$(myproto.targetname)/myproto/0.1/set_mystring?mystring:txt=$(@)";
>        }
>    }
> }
>