Re: [Libvirt-cim] [PATCH] [TEST] change AllocationCapabilities expected error string
Dan Smith wrote:
KR> However, a provider can fail for a number of reasons and
return the
KR> same error code for each one. Unfortunately (in the case anyway), CIM
KR> has such a small subset of return codes. So you can't accurately
KR> confirm that the test failed for the proper reason.
Well, we can return provider-specific error codes in addition to the
CIM-standard ones. We could conceivably add those into places where
we need a more information about a particular failure case.
Also, if we're not expecting an error, we should be sure to FAIL if
the return is not CMPI_RC_OK, and then try to resolve the error
code/message to a specific case if possible.
That would be useful, but also sounds like a fair bit of work. I see
how it'd be useful for testing, but I'm not sure how useful it is for a
regular consumer.
I suppose for error reporting, users would then be able to supply the
provider specific error code, which would be more meaningful to use than
CMPI_RC_ERR_FAILED.
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Kaitlin Rupert
IBM Linux Technology Center
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