[oh-tracker] [ openhpi-Bugs-2315536 ] Enum parsing issues within SOAP support routine

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Bugs item #2315536, was opened at 2008-11-19 12:09
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Category: HP c-Class Plugin
Group: 2.14.0
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Bryan Sutula (sutula)
Assigned to: Bryan Sutula (sutula)
Summary: Enum parsing issues within SOAP support routine

Initial Comment:
There are a couple of issues with the routine, soap_enum(), which is in plugins/oa_soap/oa_soap_callsupport.c.  The function of the routine is to locate an enum value within a string that lists all the possible enum values.

1) If the value is a substring of a later enum value, the wrong enum can be matched.  For example, searching for "REDUNDANT" within "REDUNDANCY_NO_OP, REDUNDANCY_UNKNOWN, NOT_REDUNDANT, REDUNDANT" returns the enum value for "NOT_REDUNDANT".  The code needs to make sure the match is the entire enum value.

2) If a value matches a substring of an earlier enum value, the code may detect that it is a substring, but will not continue to look for another match.  In this case, a "no match" error will be returned.

This defect (apparently) doesn't cause a problem for existing plug-in communication, but needs to be fixed in order to add some new functionality.

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