https://jira.opendaylight.org This file is an XML representation of an issue en-us 8.20.10 820010 22-06-2022 https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-554 netconf <p>Protocol framework has been long deprecated and it really just makes the code non-navigable. While this requires quite a bit of refactoring to arrive at a clean design, it should be done as soon as possible.</p> NETCONF-554

Remove protocol framework

Task High Resolved Done Robert Varga Robert Varga Sat, 11 Aug 2018 11:43:39 +0000 Tue, 8 Jan 2019 14:51:15 +0000 Tue, 8 Jan 2019 14:51:15 +0000 Neon netconf 0 1 <p>We essentially need to separate out individual connection handling into proper RFC6241 stack. Preliminary break down looks something like this:</p> <p> </p> <div class='table-wrap'> <table class='confluenceTable'><tbody> <tr> <th class='confluenceTh'>RFC6241 figure 1</th> <th class='confluenceTh'>Concern</th> <th class='confluenceTh'>Configuration</th> <th class='confluenceTh'>Implementations</th> <th class='confluenceTh'>Interface towards upper layer</th> <th class='confluenceTh'>In scope of this issue</th> </tr> <tr> <td class='confluenceTd'>Transport</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Establish an authenticated channel</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>host, port, authentication handler</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>TCP, TLS, SSH</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Netty Channel</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='confluenceTd'>Messages</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Establish and maintain message encoding,<br/> manipulating Netty ChannelPipeline</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>HELLO message content</td> <td class='confluenceTd'> </td> <td class='confluenceTd'>NetconfSession</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Yes</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='confluenceTd'>Protocol</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>Message dispatch</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>EXI parameters</td> <td class='confluenceTd'> </td> <td class='confluenceTd'>NetconfOperation</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>No</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='confluenceTd'>Content</td> <td class='confluenceTd'>???</td> <td class='confluenceTd'> </td> <td class='confluenceTd'> </td> <td class='confluenceTd'> </td> <td class='confluenceTd'>No</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> <p>This brackets the parts that this issue addresses:</p> <ul> <li>separation of transport implementation configuration</li> <li>separation of channel establishment (note <a href="https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-571" title="Rework SSHD integration" class="issue-link" data-issue-key="NETCONF-571">NETCONF-571</a>)</li> <li>NetconfSession lifecycle in terms of startup, shutdown and re-establishment</li> </ul> <p>The interface between Messages and Protocol/Content layers (i.e. how we decode XML) is not in scope of this issue and should be addressed separately, once this and <a href="https://jira.opendaylight.org/browse/NETCONF-571" title="Rework SSHD integration" class="issue-link" data-issue-key="NETCONF-571">NETCONF-571</a> is addressed.</p> <p> </p> Blocks NETCONF-555 Relates NETCONF-590 Development Rank 0|i03hrr: