RE: Re: Topic 1: Base Level Status Schema

[Kevin Hawkins]

I realise that my comment about message size was a bit of red herring and
everyone seems to like the multi body approach so I'll go with the flow. It
does increase the incompatibility with xPL (from a bridge perspective) but
it also demonstrates a key advantage.

Kevin

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> From: Patrick Lidstone [mailto:<a
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> Subject: [xAP_developer] Re: Topic 1: Base Level Status Schema
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> > And re Stuarts comment below - any feedback ? - I personally am
> sort of
> > against having multiple bodies as the way to do this mainly
because
> I am
> > considering the size of the packets but maybe it's correct ??
>
> Multiple bodies really doesn't have much to do with message size -
> but it has a huge impact on the resuability and inheritability of
> schemas. It provides a terrific, extensible, message structure, that
> is really fundamental to the long term future of xAP. I know that
> sounds over-dramatic, but it is true. It provides a mechanism whereby
> we can add support for additional, completely new, functions later,
> as devices arrive on the market, without compromising the message
> structure of existing devices, and without requiring a huge effort in
> terms of regressions testing.
>
> My 2p
>
> Patrick
>
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