qapi: Add new visit_complete() function

Making each output visitor provide its own output collection
function was the only remaining reason for exposing visitor
sub-types to the rest of the code base.  Add a polymorphic
visit_complete() function which is a no-op for input visitors,
and which populates an opaque pointer for output visitors.  For
maximum type-safety, also add a parameter to the output visitor
constructors with a type-correct version of the output pointer,
and assert that the two uses match.

This approach was considered superior to either passing the
output parameter only during construction (action at a distance
during visit_free() feels awkward) or only during visit_complete()
(defeating type safety makes it easier to use incorrectly).

Most callers were function-local, and therefore a mechanical
conversion; the testsuite was a bit trickier, but the previous
cleanup patch minimized the churn here.

The visit_complete() function may be called at most once; doing
so lets us use transfer semantics rather than duplication or
ref-count semantics to get the just-built output back to the
caller, even though it means our behavior is not idempotent.

Generated code is simplified as follows for events:

|@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
|     QDict *qmp;
|     Error *err = NULL;
|     QMPEventFuncEmit emit;
|-    QmpOutputVisitor *qov;
|+    QObject *obj;
|     Visitor *v;
|     q_obj_ACPI_DEVICE_OST_arg param = {
|         info
|@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
|
|     qmp = qmp_event_build_dict("ACPI_DEVICE_OST");
|
|-    qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
|-    v = qmp_output_get_visitor(qov);
|+    v = qmp_output_visitor_new(&obj);
|
|     visit_start_struct(v, "ACPI_DEVICE_OST", NULL, 0, &err);
|     if (err) {
|@@ -55,7 +54,8 @@ void qapi_event_send_acpi_device_ost(ACP
|         goto out;
|     }
|
|-    qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", qmp_output_get_qobject(qov));
|+    visit_complete(v, &obj);
|+    qdict_put_obj(qmp, "data", obj);
|     emit(QAPI_EVENT_ACPI_DEVICE_OST, qmp, &err);

and for commands:

| {
|     Error *err = NULL;
|-    QmpOutputVisitor *qov = qmp_output_visitor_new();
|     Visitor *v;
|
|-    v = qmp_output_get_visitor(qov);
|+    v = qmp_output_visitor_new(ret_out);
|     visit_type_AddfdInfo(v, "unused", &ret_in, &err);
|-    if (err) {
|-        goto out;
|+    if (!err) {
|+        visit_complete(v, ret_out);
|     }
|-    *ret_out = qmp_output_get_qobject(qov);
|-
|-out:
|     error_propagate(errp, err);

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <1465490926-28625-13-git-send-email-eblake@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/qapi/string-output-visitor.h b/include/qapi/string-output-visitor.h
index 03e377e50b..268dfe9986 100644
--- a/include/qapi/string-output-visitor.h
+++ b/include/qapi/string-output-visitor.h
@@ -18,13 +18,18 @@
 typedef struct StringOutputVisitor StringOutputVisitor;
 
 /*
+ * Create a new string output visitor.
+ *
+ * Using @human creates output that is a bit easier for humans to read
+ * (for example, showing integer values in both decimal and hex).
+ *
+ * If everything else succeeds, pass @result to visit_complete() to
+ * collect the result of the visit.
+ *
  * The string output visitor does not implement support for visiting
  * QAPI structs, alternates, null, or arbitrary QTypes.  It also
  * requires a non-null list argument to visit_start_list().
  */
-StringOutputVisitor *string_output_visitor_new(bool human);
-
-char *string_output_get_string(StringOutputVisitor *v);
-Visitor *string_output_get_visitor(StringOutputVisitor *v);
+Visitor *string_output_visitor_new(bool human, char **result);
 
 #endif