[Libvirt-cim] [PATCH] [TEST] change AllocationCapabilities expected error string

[Kaitlin Rupert]

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
kaitlin at linux.vnet.ibm.com