qom: Add user_creatable_parse_str()
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1 #ifndef OBJECT_INTERFACES_H
2 #define OBJECT_INTERFACES_H
4 #include "qom/object.h"
5 #include "qapi/qapi-types-qom.h"
6 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
8 #define TYPE_USER_CREATABLE "user-creatable"
10 typedef struct UserCreatableClass UserCreatableClass;
11 DECLARE_CLASS_CHECKERS(UserCreatableClass, USER_CREATABLE,
12 TYPE_USER_CREATABLE)
13 #define USER_CREATABLE(obj) \
14 INTERFACE_CHECK(UserCreatable, (obj), \
15 TYPE_USER_CREATABLE)
17 typedef struct UserCreatable UserCreatable;
19 /**
20 * UserCreatableClass:
21 * @parent_class: the base class
22 * @complete: callback to be called after @obj's properties are set.
23 * @can_be_deleted: callback to be called before an object is removed
24 * to check if @obj can be removed safely.
26 * Interface is designed to work with -object/object-add/object_add
27 * commands.
28 * Interface is mandatory for objects that are designed to be user
29 * creatable (i.e. -object/object-add/object_add, will accept only
30 * objects that inherit this interface).
32 * Interface also provides an optional ability to do the second
33 * stage * initialization of the object after its properties were
34 * set.
36 * For objects created without using -object/object-add/object_add,
37 * @user_creatable_complete() wrapper should be called manually if
38 * object's type implements USER_CREATABLE interface and needs
39 * complete() callback to be called.
41 struct UserCreatableClass {
42 /* <private> */
43 InterfaceClass parent_class;
45 /* <public> */
46 void (*complete)(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
47 bool (*can_be_deleted)(UserCreatable *uc);
50 /**
51 * user_creatable_complete:
52 * @uc: the user-creatable object whose complete() method is called if defined
53 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
55 * Wrapper to call complete() method if one of types it's inherited
56 * from implements USER_CREATABLE interface, otherwise the call does
57 * nothing.
59 * Returns: %true on success, %false on failure.
61 bool user_creatable_complete(UserCreatable *uc, Error **errp);
63 /**
64 * user_creatable_can_be_deleted:
65 * @uc: the object whose can_be_deleted() method is called if implemented
67 * Wrapper to call can_be_deleted() method if one of types it's inherited
68 * from implements USER_CREATABLE interface.
70 bool user_creatable_can_be_deleted(UserCreatable *uc);
72 /**
73 * user_creatable_add_type:
74 * @type: the object type name
75 * @id: the unique ID for the object
76 * @qdict: the object properties
77 * @v: the visitor
78 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
80 * Create an instance of the user creatable object @type, placing
81 * it in the object composition tree with name @id, initializing
82 * it with properties from @qdict
84 * Returns: the newly created object or NULL on error
86 Object *user_creatable_add_type(const char *type, const char *id,
87 const QDict *qdict,
88 Visitor *v, Error **errp);
90 /**
91 * user_creatable_add_qapi:
92 * @options: the object definition
93 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
95 * Create an instance of the user creatable object according to the
96 * options passed in @opts as described in the QAPI schema documentation.
98 * Returns: the newly created object or NULL on error
100 void user_creatable_add_qapi(ObjectOptions *options, Error **errp);
103 * user_creatable_add_opts:
104 * @opts: the object definition
105 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
107 * Create an instance of the user creatable object whose type
108 * is defined in @opts by the 'qom-type' option, placing it
109 * in the object composition tree with name provided by the
110 * 'id' field. The remaining options in @opts are used to
111 * initialize the object properties.
113 * Returns: the newly created object or NULL on error
115 Object *user_creatable_add_opts(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
119 * user_creatable_add_opts_predicate:
120 * @type: the QOM type to be added
122 * A callback function to determine whether an object
123 * of type @type should be created. Instances of this
124 * callback should be passed to user_creatable_add_opts_foreach
126 typedef bool (*user_creatable_add_opts_predicate)(const char *type);
129 * user_creatable_add_opts_foreach:
130 * @opaque: a user_creatable_add_opts_predicate callback or NULL
131 * @opts: options to create
132 * @errp: unused
134 * An iterator callback to be used in conjunction with
135 * the qemu_opts_foreach() method for creating a list of
136 * objects from a set of QemuOpts
138 * The @opaque parameter can be passed a user_creatable_add_opts_predicate
139 * callback to filter which types of object are created during iteration.
140 * When it fails, report the error.
142 * Returns: 0 on success, -1 when an error was reported.
144 int user_creatable_add_opts_foreach(void *opaque,
145 QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp);
148 * user_creatable_parse_str:
149 * @optarg: the object definition string as passed on the command line
150 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
152 * Parses the option for the user creatable object with a keyval parser and
153 * implicit key 'qom-type', converting the result to ObjectOptions.
155 * If a help option is given, print help instead.
157 * Returns: ObjectOptions on success, NULL when an error occurred (*errp is set
158 * then) or help was printed (*errp is not set).
160 ObjectOptions *user_creatable_parse_str(const char *optarg, Error **errp);
163 * user_creatable_add_from_str:
164 * @optarg: the object definition string as passed on the command line
165 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
167 * Create an instance of the user creatable object by parsing optarg
168 * with a keyval parser and implicit key 'qom-type', converting the
169 * result to ObjectOptions and calling into qmp_object_add().
171 * If a help option is given, print help instead.
173 * Returns: true when an object was successfully created, false when an error
174 * occurred (*errp is set then) or help was printed (*errp is not set).
176 bool user_creatable_add_from_str(const char *optarg, Error **errp);
179 * user_creatable_process_cmdline:
180 * @optarg: the object definition string as passed on the command line
182 * Create an instance of the user creatable object by parsing optarg
183 * with a keyval parser and implicit key 'qom-type', converting the
184 * result to ObjectOptions and calling into qmp_object_add().
186 * If a help option is given, print help instead and exit.
188 * This function is only meant to be called during command line parsing.
189 * It exits the process on failure or after printing help.
191 void user_creatable_process_cmdline(const char *optarg);
194 * user_creatable_print_help:
195 * @type: the QOM type to be added
196 * @opts: options to create
198 * Prints help if requested in @type or @opts. Note that if @type is neither
199 * "help"/"?" nor a valid user creatable type, no help will be printed
200 * regardless of @opts.
202 * Returns: true if a help option was found and help was printed, false
203 * otherwise.
205 bool user_creatable_print_help(const char *type, QemuOpts *opts);
208 * user_creatable_del:
209 * @id: the unique ID for the object
210 * @errp: if an error occurs, a pointer to an area to store the error
212 * Delete an instance of the user creatable object identified
213 * by @id.
215 * Returns: %true on success, %false on failure.
217 bool user_creatable_del(const char *id, Error **errp);
220 * user_creatable_cleanup:
222 * Delete all user-creatable objects and the user-creatable
223 * objects container.
225 void user_creatable_cleanup(void);
227 #endif