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MOF24 — MOF 2.0 Core: Inconsistency about use of defaults

  • Key: MOF24-19
  • Legacy Issue Number: 8269
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Adaptive ( Mr. Pete Rivett)
  • Summary:

    In ptc/04-10-05, section 9.1, the documentation for isSet() states that it "returns true if the value of the Property is different than the default value of that property. "
    However later on in the section under Semantics, it states:

    If a single-valued property has a default:

    ....

    • If the value of that property is later explicitly set, even to the default value, isSet=true,

    Thus there is an inconsistency as to the value if isSet() in the case where the property has been explicitly set to a value that happens to be the same as its default.

  • Reported: MOF 1.4 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — MOF 2.4
  • Disposition Summary:

    It’s important to note that Property::default is used only for initial assignment on element creation, not as the value returned in absence of an explicit value.

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT