Yang model mandatory node only when condition is true

Question

I have an XML file:

<a>
    <b>true</b>
    <c>foo</c>
</a>

and a Yang model:

container a {
   leaf b {
      type boolean;
   }

   leaf c {
      type string;
   }
}

Node 'c' is mandatory only when node 'b' equals 'true'. If I add a mandatory: true constraint to node 'c' it will become mandatory for all values of 'b'.

How to change the Yang model so that node 'c' is mandatory when 'b' is 'true' and optional when 'b' is false?

Answer 1

You can use the must statement with an XPath condition:

container a {
   must 'not(b) or boolean(c)'
  
   leaf b {
      type boolean;
   }

   leaf c {
      type string;
   }
}

Answer 2

Yang1.1 support optional mandatory

container a {  
   leaf b {
      type boolean;
   }

   leaf c {
      when "../b";
      mandatory true;
      type string;
   }
}