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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Pattabi,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You can use ATTR_NOT_SPECIFIED constant for such cases:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>'delay': {'allow_post': True, 'allow_put': True,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>'default': ATTR_NOT_SPECIFIED</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>,</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'validate': {'type:range': [1, 120]},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'convert_to': attr.convert_to_int,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'is_visible': True}<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Oleg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Pattabi Ayyasami [mailto:pattabi@Brocade.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org' (openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org)<br><b>Subject:</b> [openstack-dev] [Quantum][LBaaS] Specify optional Attribute in RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>How do I specify an attribute as optional without having to specify a default value? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>For example, how do I specify “delay” attribute is optional in the request without having to specify a default value of “5”? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Is this because I also have a “validate” constraint?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Snippet from loadbalancer.py in quantum/extensions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>'delay': {'allow_post': True, 'allow_put': True,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'default': '5',<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'validate': {'type:range': [1, 120]},<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'convert_to': attr.convert_to_int,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> 'is_visible': True}<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Pattabi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>