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Re: [ptp-dev] Need new attribute type
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Dave,
Since the field is nnn,mmm, couldn't you present
it as two fields, nnn and mmm, with a "," label between
them? Then you could verify the nnn and the mmm separately.
R^2
On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:09 -0400, Dave Wootton wrote:
> Greg
> At the moment, I don't have a specific need for > 32 bit integer support.
> The one attribute that can be > 32 bit integer has the format nnn,mmm
> where mmm can be > 32 bits. So it doesn't fit the model of a simple
> integer attribute, and I have to figure out how to validate it otherwise.
> At the moment, this is one case where I have to hard code the validation
> ranges in the gui code.
>
> We may need larger integers for LL, but we aren't sure yet. Our specific
> need is for 32 bit and 64 bit integers but have no objection to a more
> general BigInteger implementation.
>
> Dave
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> I could implement this as a BigInteger (i.e. arbitrary precision
> integer). When the attribute definition is created, you would specify
> the precision which would be fixed from then on. That might help with
> the validation?
>
> Greg
>
> On Jun 20, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Dave Wootton wrote:
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> > On second thought, I may not really need this. The 64 bit value is an
> > optional part of an attribute which I am treating as a string
> > attribute
> > (since it's in the form ATTR=nnn,mmm). As long as I treat it as a
> > string,
> > with the possible exception of some validation code, I think I
> > don't need
> > the additional attribute types,
> > Dave
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> > Dave Wootton/Poughkeepsie/IBM@IBMUS
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> > I found out that I have one case where I have an attribute that
> > should be
> > defined as a 64 bit integer. Is it possible to define a
> > LongIntegerAttribute and LongIntegerAttributeDefinition, along with
> > supporting events, etc?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Dave
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