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+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+# See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+
+"""
+QAPI Generator
+
+This is the main entry point for generating C code from the QAPI schema.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import re
+import sys
+from typing import Optional
+
+from .commands import gen_commands
+from .error import QAPIError
+from .events import gen_events
+from .introspect import gen_introspect
+from .schema import QAPISchema
+from .types import gen_types
+from .visit import gen_visit
+
+
+def invalid_prefix_char(prefix: str) -> Optional[str]:
+    match = re.match(r'([A-Za-z_.-][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*)?', prefix)
+    if match.end() != len(prefix):
+        return prefix[match.end()]
+    return None
+
+
+def generate(schema_file: str,
+             output_dir: str,
+             prefix: str,
+             unmask: bool = False,
+             builtins: bool = False) -> None:
+    """
+    Generate C code for the given schema into the target directory.
+
+    :param schema_file: The primary QAPI schema file.
+    :param output_dir: The output directory to store generated code.
+    :param prefix: Optional C-code prefix for symbol names.
+    :param unmask: Expose non-ABI names through introspection?
+    :param builtins: Generate code for built-in types?
+
+    :raise QAPIError: On failures.
+    """
+    assert invalid_prefix_char(prefix) is None
+
+    schema = QAPISchema(schema_file)
+    gen_types(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
+    gen_visit(schema, output_dir, prefix, builtins)
+    gen_commands(schema, output_dir, prefix)
+    gen_events(schema, output_dir, prefix)
+    gen_introspect(schema, output_dir, prefix, unmask)
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    """
+    gapi-gen executable entry point.
+    Expects arguments via sys.argv, see --help for details.
+
+    :return: int, 0 on success, 1 on failure.
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Generate code from a QAPI schema')
+    parser.add_argument('-b', '--builtins', action='store_true',
+                        help="generate code for built-in types")
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output-dir', action='store',
+                        default='',
+                        help="write output to directory OUTPUT_DIR")
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--prefix', action='store',
+                        default='',
+                        help="prefix for symbols")
+    parser.add_argument('-u', '--unmask-non-abi-names', action='store_true',
+                        dest='unmask',
+                        help="expose non-ABI names in introspection")
+    parser.add_argument('schema', action='store')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    funny_char = invalid_prefix_char(args.prefix)
+    if funny_char:
+        msg = f"funny character '{funny_char}' in argument of --prefix"
+        print(f"{sys.argv[0]}: {msg}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+
+    try:
+        generate(args.schema,
+                 output_dir=args.output_dir,
+                 prefix=args.prefix,
+                 unmask=args.unmask,
+                 builtins=args.builtins)
+    except QAPIError as err:
+        print(f"{sys.argv[0]}: {str(err)}", file=sys.stderr)
+        return 1
+    return 0