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authorMarc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com>2018-07-03 17:56:35 +0200
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2018-07-03 18:21:24 +0200
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qapi: add 'if' to top-level expressions
Accept 'if' key in top-level elements, accepted as string or list of string type. The following patches will modify the test visitor to check the value is correctly saved, and generate #if/#endif code (as a single #if/endif line or a series for a list). Example of 'if' key: { 'struct': 'TestIfStruct', 'data': { 'foo': 'int' }, 'if': 'defined(TEST_IF_STRUCT)' } The generated code is for now *unconditional*. Later patches generate the conditionals. Signed-off-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20180703155648.11933-2-marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> [Commit message and Documentation improved] Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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downstream command __com.redhat_drive-mirror.
+=== Configuring the schema ===
+
+The 'struct', 'enum', 'union', 'alternate', 'command' and 'event'
+top-level expressions can take an 'if' key. Its value must be a string
+or a list of strings. A string is shorthand for a list containing just
+that string. The code generated for the top-level expression will then
+be guarded by #if COND for each COND in the list.
+
+Example: a conditional struct
+
+ { 'struct': 'IfStruct', 'data': { 'foo': 'int' },
+ 'if': ['defined(CONFIG_FOO)', 'defined(HAVE_BAR)'] }
+
+gets its generated code guarded like this:
+
+ #if defined(CONFIG_FOO)
+ #if defined(HAVE_BAR)
+ ... generated code ...
+ #endif /* defined(HAVE_BAR) */
+ #endif /* defined(CONFIG_FOO) */
+
+Please note that you are responsible to ensure that the C code will
+compile with an arbitrary combination of conditions, since the
+generators are unable to check it at this point.
+
+The presence of 'if' keys in the schema is reflected through to the
+introspection output depending on the build configuration.
+
+
== Client JSON Protocol introspection ==
Clients of a Client JSON Protocol commonly need to figure out what