How get DisplayString size constraits from MIB?

Question

I have this object in MIB

 userId            OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX          DisplayString (SIZE(0..30))
    MAX-ACCESS      read-write
    STATUS          current
    DESCRIPTION
    "Id for user"
    REFERENCE "CFG:WRITE"
    ::= { config 1 }

I access to this object via snmp request. Using snm4j.
But when i execute this code

VariableBinding vb = res.get(j);
Variable v = vb.getVariable();
log.debug(vb.getVariable().getSyntaxString());

it return only "OCTET STRING" and nothing about SIZE(0..30)

can i get information about SIZE(0..30) via snmp get request, using snmp4j?

Its SMI/MIB support is not free, http://www.snmp4j.org/smi/doc/index.html — Lex Li, Feb 08 '17 at 15:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 14 '17 at 14:27

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To expand on the comment by Lex Li, the snmp4j class that you're using has no MIB information. It is only decoding the type information as seen in the network bytes. You can see, using for example Wireshark, that the bytes sent do not include any size constraints.

In order to know about the constraint, you would have to read the MIB file before decoding the SNMP PDU. Normally an enterprise-grade SNMP manager would load MIB files for managed agents in order to do this. As Lex said, the SNMP4J library does not do this in the free version. There is the SMI Pro version, if you require that feature.

answered Feb 14 '17 at 14:27

Jolta

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Thank you, i have already investigated SNMP traffic, using Wireshark, and did the same conclusion. – Егор Кибирев Feb 16 '17 at 07:00
OK, cool! Glad you've solved you're problem. Please have a look at this page, too: http://stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers – Jolta Feb 16 '17 at 07:23

How get DisplayString size constraits from MIB?

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