qmp: make qmp.py easier to use

Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/QMP/qmp.py b/QMP/qmp.py
index c7dbea0..36ecc1d 100644
--- a/QMP/qmp.py
+++ b/QMP/qmp.py
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ class QEMUMonitorProtocol:
             qmp_cmd['id'] = id
         return self.cmd_obj(qmp_cmd)
 
+    def command(self, cmd, **kwds):
+        ret = self.cmd(cmd, kwds)
+        if ret.has_key('error'):
+            raise Exception(ret['error']['desc'])
+        return ret['return']
+
     def get_events(self, wait=False):
         """
         Get a list of available QMP events.