xemu/include/qapi/qobject-output-visitor.h
Markus Armbruster aa3a982e67 qapi: Improve qobject visitor documentation
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1488544368-30622-29-git-send-email-armbru@redhat.com>
2017-03-05 09:14:20 +01:00

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/*
* Output Visitor
*
* Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
*
* Authors:
* Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
*
* This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
* See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
*
*/
#ifndef QOBJECT_OUTPUT_VISITOR_H
#define QOBJECT_OUTPUT_VISITOR_H
#include "qapi/visitor.h"
#include "qapi/qmp/qobject.h"
typedef struct QObjectOutputVisitor QObjectOutputVisitor;
/**
* Create a QObject output visitor for @obj
*
* A QObject output visitor visit builds a QObject from QAPI Object.
* This simultaneously walks the QAPI object and the QObject being
* built. The latter walk starts at @obj.
*
* visit_type_FOO() creates a QObject for QAPI type FOO. It creates a
* QDict for struct/union types, a QList for list types, QString for
* type 'str' and enumeration types, QInt for integer types, QFloat
* for type 'number', QBool for type 'bool'. For type 'any', it
* increments the QObject's reference count. For QAPI alternate
* types, it creates the QObject for the member that is in use.
*
* visit_start_struct() ... visit_end_struct() visits a QAPI
* struct/union and creates a QDict. Visits in between visit the
* members. visit_optional() is true when the struct/union has this
* member. visit_check_struct() does nothing.
*
* visit_start_list() ... visit_end_list() visits a QAPI list and
* creates a QList. Visits in between visit list members, one after
* the other. visit_next_list() returns NULL when all QAPI list
* members have been visited. visit_check_list() does nothing.
*
* visit_start_alternate() ... visit_end_alternate() visits a QAPI
* alternate. The visit in between creates the QObject for the
* alternate member that is in use.
*
* Errors are not expected to happen.
*
* The caller is responsible for freeing the visitor with
* visit_free().
*/
Visitor *qobject_output_visitor_new(QObject **result);
#endif