Bytes encoding is performed by the gRPC server, which encodes the values of the leafs as typed values. Table: Mapping of YANG types to gNMI-specified typed values lists the mapping of the individual YANG types to the typed values defined in the gNMI specification in the GitHub repository.
| YANG type | Typed value |
|---|---|
binary |
bytes_val |
bits |
string_val |
boolean |
bool_val |
decimal64 |
decimal_val |
empty |
bool_val |
enumeration |
string_val |
identityref |
string_val |
instance-identifier |
string_val |
int8 |
int_val |
int16 |
int_val |
int32 |
int_val |
int64 |
int_val |
leafref |
type of referenced leaf |
string |
string_val |
uint8 |
uint_val |
uint16 |
uint_val |
uint32 |
uint_val |
uint64 |
uint_val |
union |
type of active union member |