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  <module>ct_netconfc</module>
  <modulesummary>NETCONF client module.</modulesummary>

  <description>

    <p>NETCONF client module.</p>

    <p>The NETCONF client is compliant with RFC 4741 NETCONF Configuration
      Protocol and RFC 4742 Using the NETCONF Configuration Protocol over
      Secure SHell (SSH).</p>

    <marker id="Connecting"/>
    <p><em>Connecting to a NETCONF server</em></p>

    <p>NETCONF sessions can either be opened by a single call
      to <seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1,2</c></seealso> or by a call
      to <seealso marker="#connect-1"><c>connect/1,2</c></seealso> followed
      by one or more calls to
      <seealso marker="#session-1"><c>session/1,2,3</c></seealso>.</p>

    <p>The properties of the sessions will be exactly the same, except
      that when
      using <seealso marker="#connect-1"><c>connect/1,2</c></seealso>, you
      may start multiple sessions over the same SSH connection. Each
      session is implemented as an SSH channel.</p>

    <p><seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1,2</c></seealso> will establish one
      SSH connection with one SSH channel implementing one NETCONF
      session. You may start mutiple sessions by
      calling <seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1,2</c></seealso> multiple
      times, but then a new SSH connection will be established for each
      session.</p>

    <p>For each server to test against, the following entry can be added to a
      configuration file:</p>

    <pre>
 {server_id(),options()}.</pre>

    <p>The <seealso marker="#type-server_id"><c>server_id()</c></seealso>
      or an associated
      <seealso marker="ct#type-target_name"><c>ct:target_name()</c></seealso>
      must then be used in calls to
      <seealso marker="#connect-2"><c>connect/2</c></seealso>
      or <seealso marker="#open-2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>.</p>

    <p>If no configuration exists for a server,
      use <seealso marker="#connect-1"><c>connect/1</c></seealso>
      or <seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1</c></seealso> instead,
      and specify all necessary options in the <c>Options</c> parameter.</p>

    <marker id="Logging"/>
    <p><em>Logging</em></p>

    <p>The NETCONF server uses <c>error_logger</c> for logging of NETCONF
      traffic. A special purpose error handler is implemented in
      <c>ct_conn_log_h</c>. To use this error handler, add the
      <c>cth_conn_log</c> hook in the test suite, for example:</p>

    <pre>
 suite() -&gt;
    [{ct_hooks, [{cth_conn_log, [{<seealso marker="ct#type-conn_log_mod"><c>ct:conn_log_mod()</c></seealso>,<seealso marker="ct#type-conn_log_options"><c>ct:conn_log_options()</c></seealso>}]}]}].</pre>

    <p><c>conn_log_mod()</c> is the name of the <c>Common Test</c> module
      implementing the connection protocol, for example, <c>ct_netconfc</c>.</p>

    <p>Hook option <c>log_type</c> specifies the type of logging:</p>

    <taglist>
      <tag><c>raw</c></tag>
      <item><p>The sent and received NETCONF data is logged to a separate
        text file "as is" without any formatting. A link to the file is
        added to the test case HTML log.</p></item>

      <tag><c>pretty</c></tag>
      <item><p>The sent and received NETCONF data is logged to a separate
        text file with XML data nicely indented. A link to the file is
        added to the test case HTML log.</p></item>

      <tag><c>html (default)</c></tag>
      <item><p>The sent and received NETCONF traffic is pretty printed
        directly in the test case HTML log.</p></item>

      <tag><c>silent</c></tag>
      <item><p>NETCONF traffic is not logged.</p></item>
    </taglist>

    <p>By default, all NETCONF traffic is logged in one single log file.
      However, different connections can be logged in separate files.
      To do this, use hook option <c>hosts</c> and list the names of the
      servers/connections to be used in the suite. The connections
      must be named for this to work, that is, they must be opened with
      <seealso marker="#open-2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>.</p>

    <p>Option <c>hosts</c> has no effect if <c>log_type</c> is set to
      <c>html</c> or <c>silent</c>.</p>

    <p>The hook options can also be specified in a configuration file with
      configuration variable <c>ct_conn_log</c>:</p>

    <pre>
 {ct_conn_log,[{<seealso marker="ct#type-conn_log_mod"><c>ct:conn_log_mod()</c></seealso>,<seealso marker="ct#type-conn_log_options"><c>ct:conn_log_options()</c></seealso>}]}.</pre>

    <p>For example:</p>

    <pre>
 {ct_conn_log,[{ct_netconfc,[{log_type,pretty},
                             {hosts,[<seealso marker="ct#type-key_or_name"><c>ct:key_or_name()</c></seealso>]}]}]}</pre>

    <note>
      <p>Hook options specified in a configuration file overwrite the
        hard-coded hook options in the test suite.</p>
    </note>

    <p><em>Logging Example 1:</em></p>
    <marker id="Logging_example_1"/>

    <p>The following <c>ct_hooks</c> statement causes pretty printing of
      NETCONF traffic to separate logs for the connections named
      <c>nc_server1</c> and <c>nc_server2</c>. Any other connections are
      logged to default NETCONF log.</p>

    <pre>
 suite() -&gt;
    [{ct_hooks, [{cth_conn_log, [{ct_netconfc,[{log_type,pretty}},
                                               {hosts,[nc_server1,nc_server2]}]}
                                ]}]}].</pre>

    <p>Connections must be opened as follows:</p>

    <pre>
 open(nc_server1,[...]),
 open(nc_server2,[...]).</pre>

    <p><em>Logging Example 2:</em></p>
    <marker id="Logging_example_2"/>

    <p>The following configuration file causes raw logging of all NETCONF 
      traffic in to one single text file:</p>

    <pre>
 {ct_conn_log,[{ct_netconfc,[{log_type,raw}]}]}.</pre>

    <p>The <c>ct_hooks</c> statement must look as follows:</p>

    <pre>
 suite() -&gt;
    [{ct_hooks, [{cth_conn_log, []}]}].</pre>

    <p>The same <c>ct_hooks</c> statement without the configuration file
      would cause HTML logging of all NETCONF connections in to the test
      case HTML log.</p>

    <marker id="Notifications"/>
    <p><em>Notifications</em></p>

    <p>The NETCONF client is also compliant with RFC 5277 NETCONF Event
      Notifications, which defines a mechanism for an asynchronous message 
      notification delivery service for the NETCONF protocol.</p>

    <p>Specific functions to support this are
      <seealso marker="#create_subscription-1"><c>create_subscription/1-6</c></seealso>
      and
      <seealso marker="#get_event_streams-1"><c>get_event_streams/1-3</c></seealso>.</p>

    <marker id="Default_timeout"/>
    <p><em>Default Timeout</em></p>

    <p>Most of the functions in this module have one variant with
      a <c>Timeout</c> parameter, and one without. If nothing else is
      specified, the default value <c>infinity</c> is used when
      the <c>Timeout</c> parameter is not given.</p>

  </description>

  <datatypes>
    <datatype>
      <name name="client"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="error_reason"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="event_time"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="handle"/>
      <desc>
	<p>Opaque reference for a connection to a NETCONF server or a
	  NETCONF session.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="host"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="netconf_db"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="notification"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="notification_content"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="option"/>
      <desc>
        <p><c>SshConnectOption</c> is any valid option to
          <seealso marker="ssh:ssh#connect-3"><c>ssh:connect/3,4</c></seealso>.
	  Common options used are <c>user</c>, <c>password</c>
	  and <c>user_dir</c>. The <c>SshConnectOptions</c> are
	  verfied by the SSH application.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="options"/>
      <desc>
	<p>Options used for setting up an SSH connection to a NETCONF
          server.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="server_id"/>
      <desc>
        <p>The identity of a server, specified in a configuration
          file.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="simple_xml"/>
      <desc>
	<p>This type is further described in application
          <seealso marker="xmerl:index"><c>xmerl</c></seealso>.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="stream_data"/>
      <desc>
	<p>For details about the data format for the string values, see
          "XML Schema for Event Notifications" in RFC 5277.</p>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="stream_name"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="streams"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xml_attribute_tag"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xml_attribute_value"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xml_attributes"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xml_content"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xml_tag"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xpath"/>
    </datatype>
    <datatype>
      <name name="xs_datetime"/>
      <desc>
	<p>This date and time identifier has the same format as the XML type
          <c>dateTime</c> and is compliant with RFC 3339 Date and Time on
          the Internet Timestamps. The format is as follows:</p>
	<pre>
 [-]CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss[.s][Z|(+|-)hh:mm]</pre>
      </desc>
    </datatype>
  </datatypes>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name name="action" arity="2"/>
      <name name="action" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Executes an action.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Executes an action. If the return type is void, <c>ok</c> is
          returned instead of <c>{ok,[simple_xml()]}</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="close_session" arity="1"/>
      <name name="close_session" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Requests graceful termination of the session associated with
        the client.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Requests graceful termination of the session associated with the
          client.</p>

        <p>When a NETCONF server receives a <c>close-session</c> request, it
          gracefully closes the session.  The server releases any locks and
          resources associated with the session and gracefully closes any
          associated connections. Any NETCONF requests received after a
          <c>close-session</c> request are ignored.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="connect" arity="1"/>
      <fsummary>Opens an SSH connection to a NETCONF server.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Opens an SSH connection to a NETCONF server.</p>

        <p>If the server options are specified in a configuration file, use
          <seealso marker="#connect-2"><c>connect/2</c></seealso>
          instead.</p>

        <p>The opaque <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>
	  reference returned from this
          function is required as connection identifier when opening
          sessions over this connection, see
          <seealso marker="#session-1"><c>session/1,2,3</c></seealso>.</p>

        <p>Option <c>timeout</c> (milliseconds) is used when setting up the
          SSH connection. It is not used for any other purposes during the
          lifetime of the connection.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="connect" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Opens an SSH connection to a named NETCONF server.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Open an SSH connection to a named NETCONF server.</p>

        <p>If <c><anno>KeyOrName</anno></c> is a
          configured <c>server_id()</c> or a
          <c>target_name()</c> associated with such an Id, then the options
          for this server are fetched from the configuration file.</p>

        <p>Argument <c><anno>ExtraOptions</anno></c> is added to the
          options found in the configuration file. If the same options
          are specified, the values from the configuration file
          overwrite <c><anno>ExtraOptions</anno></c>.</p>

        <p>If the server is not specified in a configuration file, use
          <seealso marker="#connect-1"><c>connect/1</c></seealso>
          instead.</p>

        <p>The opaque <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>
	  reference returned from this
          function can be used as connection identifier when opening
          sessions over this connection, see
          <seealso marker="#session-1"><c>session/1,2,3</c></seealso>.
          However, if <c><anno>KeyOrName</anno></c> is a
          <c>target_name()</c>, that is, if the server is named through a
          call to <seealso marker="ct#require-2"><c>ct:require/2</c></seealso>
          or a <c>require</c> statement in the test suite, then this name can
          be used instead of
	  <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>.</p>

        <p>Option <c>timeout</c> (milliseconds) is used when setting up the
          SSH connection. It is not used for any other purposes during the
          lifetime of the connection.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="copy_config" arity="3"/>
      <name name="copy_config" arity="4"/>
      <fsummary>Copies configuration data.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Copies configuration data.</p>

        <p>Which source and target options that can be issued depends on the
          capabilities supported by the server. That is, <c>:candidate</c>
          and/or <c>:startup</c> are required.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>create_subscription(Client) -> Result</name>
      <name>create_subscription(Client, Stream) -> Result</name>
      <name>create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter) -> Result</name>
      <name>create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter, Timeout) -> Result</name>
      <name name="create_subscription" arity="5" clause_i="2"/>
      <name name="create_subscription" arity="6"/>
      <fsummary>Creates a subscription for event notifications.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Creates a subscription for event notifications.</p>

        <p>This function sets up a subscription for NETCONF event
          notifications of the specified stream type, matching the specified
          filter. The calling process receives notifications as messages of
          type <seealso marker="#type-notification"><c>notification()</c></seealso>.</p>

	<p>Only a subset of the function clauses are show above. The
	  full set of valid combinations of input parameters is as
	  follows:</p>

<pre>create_subscription(Client)

create_subscription(Client, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, Stream)
create_subscription(Client, Filter)

create_subscription(Client, Stream, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, Filter, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter)
create_subscription(Client, StartTime, StopTime)

create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, StartTime, StopTime, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, Stream, StartTime, StopTime)
create_subscription(Client, Filter, StartTime, StopTime)

create_subscription(Client, Stream, StartTime, StopTime, Timeout)
create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter, StartTime, StopTime)
create_subscription(Client, Stream, Filter, StartTime, StopTime, Timeout)</pre>

        <taglist>
          <tag><c><anno>Stream</anno></c></tag>
          <item><p>Optional parameter that indicates which stream of event
            is of interest. If not present, events in the default NETCONF
            stream are sent.</p></item>
          <tag><c><anno>Filter</anno></c></tag>
          <item><p>Optional parameter that indicates which subset of all
            possible events is of interest. The parameter format is the
            same as that of the filter parameter in the NETCONF protocol
            operations. If not present, all events not precluded by other
            parameters are sent.</p></item>
          <tag><c><anno>StartTime</anno></c></tag>
          <item><p>Optional parameter used to trigger the replay feature and
              indicate that the replay is to start at the time specified.
              If <c><anno>StartTime</anno></c> is not present, this is not a
	      replay subscription.</p>
            <p>It is not valid to specify start times that are later than
              the current time. If <c><anno>StartTime</anno></c> is specified
	      earlier than the log can support, the replay begins with the
	      earliest available notification.</p>
            <p>This parameter is of type <c>dateTime</c> and compliant to
              RFC 3339. Implementations must support time zones.</p></item>
          <tag><c><anno>StopTime</anno></c></tag>
          <item><p>Optional parameter used with the optional replay feature
              to indicate the newest notifications of interest. If
              <c><anno>StopTime</anno></c> is not present, the notifications
	      continues until the subscription is terminated.</p>
            <p>Must be used with and be later than <c>StartTime</c>. Values
              of <c><anno>StopTime</anno></c> in the future are valid. This
	      parameter is of type <c>dateTime</c> and compliant to RFC 3339.
              Implementations must support time zones.</p></item>
        </taglist>

        <p>For more details about the event notification mechanism, see
          RFC 5277.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="delete_config" arity="2"/>
      <name name="delete_config" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Deletes configuration data.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Deletes configuration data.</p>

        <p>The running configuration cannot be deleted and <c>:candidate</c>
          or <c>:startup</c> must be advertised by the server.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

     <func>
      <name name="disconnect" arity="1"/>
      <fsummary>Closes the given SSH connection.</fsummary>
      <desc>
	<p>Closes the given SSH connection.</p>

	<p>If there are open NETCONF sessions on the connection, these
	  will be brutally aborted. To avoid this, close each session
	  with <seealso marker="#close_session-1"><c>close_session/1,2</c></seealso></p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="edit_config" arity="3"/>
      <name name="edit_config" arity="4" clause_i="1"/>
      <name name="edit_config" arity="4" clause_i="2"/>
      <name name="edit_config" arity="5"/>
      <fsummary>Edits configuration data.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Edits configuration data.</p>

        <p>By default only the running target is available, unless the server
          includes <c>:candidate</c> or <c>:startup</c> in its list of
          capabilities.</p>

        <p><c>OptParams</c> can be used for specifying optional parameters
          (<c>default-operation</c>, <c>test-option</c>, or
          <c>error-option</c>) to be added to the <c>edit-config</c>
          request. The value must be a list containing valid simple XML,
          for example:</p>

        <pre>
 [{'default-operation', ["none"]},
  {'error-option', ["rollback-on-error"]}]</pre>

	<p>If <c><anno>OptParams</anno></c> is not given, the default
	  value <c>[]</c> is used.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="get" arity="2"/>
      <name name="get" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Gets data.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Gets data.</p>
 
        <p>This operation returns both configuration and state data from the
          server.</p>

        <p>Filter type <c>xpath</c> can be used only if the server supports
          <c>:xpath</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="get_capabilities" arity="1"/>
      <name name="get_capabilities" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Returns the server side capabilities.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns the server side capabilities.</p>

        <p>The following capability identifiers, defined in RFC 4741 NETCONF
          Configuration Protocol, can be returned:</p>

        <list>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:writable-running:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:candidate:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:confirmed-commit:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:rollback-on-error:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:startup:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:url:1.0"</c></p></item>
          <item><p><c>"urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:xpath:1.0"</c></p></item>
        </list>
 
        <p>More identifiers can exist, for example, server-side namespace.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="get_config" arity="3"/>
      <name name="get_config" arity="4"/>
      <fsummary>Gets configuration data.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Gets configuration data.</p>

        <p>To be able to access another source than <c>running</c>, the
          server must advertise <c>:candidate</c> and/or <c>:startup</c>.</p>

        <p>Filter type <c>xpath</c> can be used only if the server supports
          <c>:xpath</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="get_event_streams" arity="1"/>
      <name name="get_event_streams" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
      <name name="get_event_streams" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
      <name name="get_event_streams" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Sends a request to get the specified event streams.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Sends a request to get the specified event streams.</p>

        <p><c>Streams</c> is a list of stream names. The following filter is
          sent to the NETCONF server in a <c>get</c> request:</p>

        <pre>
 &lt;netconf xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netmod:notification"&gt;
   &lt;streams&gt;
     &lt;stream&gt;
       &lt;name&gt;StreamName1&lt;/name&gt;
     &lt;/stream&gt;
     &lt;stream&gt;
       &lt;name&gt;StreamName2&lt;/name&gt;
     &lt;/stream&gt;
     ...
   &lt;/streams&gt;
 &lt;/netconf&gt;</pre>

        <p>If <c>Streams</c> is an empty list, <em>all</em> streams are
          requested by sending the following filter:</p>

        <pre>
 &lt;netconf xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netmod:notification"&gt;
   &lt;streams/&gt;
 &lt;/netconf&gt;</pre>

        <p>If more complex filtering is needed, use
          <seealso marker="#get-2"><c>ct_netconfc:get/2,3</c></seealso> and
          specify the exact filter according to "XML Schema for Event
          Notifications" in RFC 5277.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="get_session_id" arity="1"/>
      <name name="get_session_id" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Returns the session Id associated with the specified
        client.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Returns the session Id associated with the specified client.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="hello" arity="1"/>
      <name name="hello" arity="2"/>
      <name name="hello" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Exchanges hello messages with the server.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Exchanges <c>hello</c> messages with the server.</p>

        <p>Adds optional capabilities and sends a <c>hello</c> message to the
          server and waits for the return.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="kill_session" arity="2"/>
      <name name="kill_session" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Forces termination of the session associated with the supplied
        session Id.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Forces termination of the session associated with the supplied
          session Id.</p>

        <p>The server side must abort any ongoing operations, release any
          locks and resources associated with the session, and close any
          associated connections.</p>

        <p>Only if the server is in the confirmed commit phase, the
          configuration is restored to its state before entering the confirmed
          commit phase. Otherwise, no configuration rollback is performed.</p>

         <p>If the specified <c>SessionId</c> is equal to the current session
           Id, an error is returned.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="lock" arity="2"/>
      <name name="lock" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Locks the configuration target.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Locks the configuration target.</p>

        <p>Which target parameters that can be used depends on if
          <c>:candidate</c> and/or <c>:startup</c> are supported by the
          server. If successfull, the configuration system of the device is
          unavailable to other clients (NETCONF, CORBA, SNMP, and so on).
          Locks are intended to be short-lived.</p>

         <p>Operation
           <seealso marker="#kill_session-2"><c>kill_session/2,3</c></seealso>
           can be used to force the release of a lock owned by another NETCONF
           session. How this is achieved by the server side is
           implementation-specific.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="only_open" arity="1"/>
      <fsummary>Opens a NETCONF session, but does not send hello.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Opens a NETCONF session, but does not send <c>hello</c>.</p>

        <p>As <seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1</c></seealso>, but
          does not send a <c>hello</c> message.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="only_open" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Opens a named NETCONF session, but does not send hello.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Opens a named NETCONF session, but does not send <c>hello</c>.</p>

        <p>As <seealso marker="#open-2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>, but
          does not send a <c>hello</c> message.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="open" arity="1"/>
      <fsummary>Opens a NETCONF session and exchanges hello messages.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Opens a NETCONF session and exchanges <c>hello</c> messages.</p>

        <p>If the server options are specified in a configuration file,
          or if a named client is needed for logging purposes (see section
          <seealso marker="#Logging">Logging</seealso> in this module), use
          <seealso marker="#open-2"><c>open/2</c></seealso>
          instead.</p>

        <p>The opaque <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>
	  reference returned from this
          function is required as client identifier when calling any other
          function in this module.</p>

        <p>Option <c>timeout</c> (milliseconds) is used when setting up the
          SSH connection and when waiting for the <c>hello</c> message from
          the server. It is not used for any other purposes during the
          lifetime of the connection.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="open" arity="2"/>
      <fsummary>Opens a named NETCONF session and exchanges hello
        messages.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Opens a named NETCONF session and exchanges <c>hello</c>
          messages.</p>

         <p>If <c><anno>KeyOrName</anno></c> is a
           configured <c>server_id()</c> or a
           <c>target_name()</c> associated with such an Id, then the options
           for this server are fetched from the configuration file.</p>

         <p>Argument <c><anno>ExtraOptions</anno></c> is added to the
           options found in the configuration file. If the same
           options are specified, the values from the configuration
           file overwrite <c><anno>ExtraOptions</anno></c>.</p>

         <p>If the server is not specified in a configuration file, use
           <seealso marker="#open-1"><c>open/1</c></seealso>
           instead.</p>

         <p>The opaque <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>
	   reference returned from this
           function can be used as client identifier when calling any other
           function in this module. However, if <c><anno>KeyOrName</anno></c> is a
           <c>target_name()</c>, that is, if the server is named through a
           call to <seealso marker="ct#require-2"><c>ct:require/2</c></seealso>
           or a <c>require</c> statement in the test suite, then this name can
           be used instead of
	   <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>.</p>

        <p>Option <c>timeout</c> (milliseconds) is used when setting up the
          SSH connection and when waiting for the <c>hello</c> message from
          the server. It is not used for any other purposes during the
          lifetime of the connection.</p>

         <p>See also
           <seealso marker="ct#require-2"><c>ct:require/2</c></seealso>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="send" arity="2"/>
      <name name="send" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Sends an XML document to the server.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Sends an XML document to the server.</p>

        <p>The specified XML document is sent "as is" to the server. This
          function can be used for sending XML documents that cannot be
          expressed by other interface functions in this module.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="send_rpc" arity="2"/>
      <name name="send_rpc" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Sends a NETCONF rpc request to the server.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Sends a NETCONF <c>rpc</c> request to the server.</p>

        <p>The specified XML document is wrapped in a valid NETCONF <c>rpc</c>
          request and sent to the server. The <c>message-id</c> and namespace
          attributes are added to element <c>rpc</c>.</p>

        <p>This function can be used for sending <c>rpc</c> requests that
          cannot be expressed by other interface functions in this module.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="session" arity="1"/>
      <name name="session" arity="2" clause_i="1"/>
      <name name="session" arity="2" clause_i="2"/>
      <name name="session" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Opens a NETCONF session as a channel on the given SSH
	connection, and exchanges hello messages with the
	server.</fsummary>
      <type name="session_options"/>
      <type name="session_option"/>
      <desc>
	<p>Opens a NETCONF session as a channel on the given SSH
          connection, and exchanges hello messages with the server.</p>

        <p>The opaque <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>
	  reference returned from this
          function can be used as client identifier when calling any
          other function in this module. However, if <c><anno>KeyOrName</anno></c>
          is used and it is a <c>target_name()</c>, that is, if the
          server is named through a call
          to <seealso marker="ct#require-2"><c>ct:require/2</c></seealso>
          or a <c>require</c> statement in the test suite, then this
          name can be used instead of
	  <seealso marker="#type-handle"><c>handle()</c></seealso>.</p>

      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name name="unlock" arity="2"/>
      <name name="unlock" arity="3"/>
      <fsummary>Unlocks the configuration target.</fsummary>
      <desc>
        <p>Unlocks the configuration target.</p>

        <p>If the client earlier has acquired a lock through
          <seealso marker="#lock-2"><c>lock/2,3</c></seealso>, this
          operation releases the associated lock. To access another target
          than <c>running</c>, the server must support <c>:candidate</c>
          and/or <c>:startup</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

</erlref>