networktocode/ntc-templates

Normalize `show arp` Templates

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jvanderaa commented
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  • Feature Idea
TEMPLATE USING

There are 13 different templates that include show_arp within the file name. The majority are using ADDRESS and MAC for keys. We should normalize the remaining to either all be ADDRESS and MAC or their longer, more explicit form of IP_ADDRESS and MAC_ADDRESS. This will help to provide normalized templates across vendors.

itdependsnetworks commented

Not completely against it, but would need to figure out transition plan and deprecating policy. It is worth noting the following from faq

What is meant that this is a parsing project, not a data modeling project?

The project intends to parse, meaning post processing is assumed in order to normalize the data. This project does not intend to solve that problem set. This is often noted in keys being different between the same command on multiple OS's. This was not intentional as at first there was not strict enforcement. That being said, there is no intention to retrofit this use case for the above stated reasons. This use case is best handled in post processing.