The example you put implicitly assigns the status tree to a load balancer.
Is sharing only allowed for sub resources? Or can sub resources be shared
across multiple load balancers? If that is the case then I suspect that
statuses may be exposed in many different places correct?
Cheers,
--Jorge
On 1/23/15, 1:21 AM, "Brandon Logan" <brandon.lo...@rackspace.com> wrote:
>
>So I am resurrecting this topic now because we put this discussion on a a
>brief hold,
>but are now discussing it again and need to decide asap. We've all agreed
>we need a
>provisioning_status and operating_status fields. We now need to decide
>where to show
>these statuses to the user.
>
>Option 1:
>Show the statuses directly on the entity.
>
>Option 2-A:
>Show a status tree only on the load balancer object, but not on any
>entities.
>
>Option 2-B:
>Expose a resource for a GET request that will return that status tree.
>
>Example:
>GET /lbaas/loadbalancers/{LB_UUID}/statuses
>
>
>Option 1 is probably what most people are used to but it doesn't allow
>for sharing of
>objects, and when/if sharing is enabled, it will cause a break in
>contract and a new
>version of the API. So it would essentially disallow object sharing.
>This requires
>a lot less work to implement.
>
>Option 2-* can be done with or without sharing, and when/if object
>sharing is enabled
>it wont break contract. This will require more work to implement.
>
>My personal opinion is in favor of Option 2-B, but wouldn't argue with
>2-A either.
>
>Thanks,
>Brandon
>
>
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