| Description | The present states of this MPS egress cache entry.
The states are:
doesNotExist (1) -- the state is not yet available
inactive (2) -- state exists, entry is not yet active
For example,if using the Finite
State Machine in Appendix 1.4,
the state imposing is `inactive'.
active (3) -- state exists, entry is active.
For example,if using the Finite
State Machine in Appendix 1.4,
the state imposed
is `active' state.
negative (4) -- state exists, entry is negative.
For example,if using the Finite
State Machine in Appendix 1.4,
the states purging and clearing
are `negative'. |