Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/5] QJSON: Add JSON writer

[Eric Blake]

On 12/26/2014 07:42 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> To support programmatic JSON assembly while keeping the code that generates it
> readable, this patch introduces a simple JSON writer. It emits JSON serially
> into a buffer in memory.
> 
> The nice thing about this writer is its simplicity and low memory overhead.
> Unlike the QMP JSON writer, this one does not need to spawn QObjects for every
> element it wants to represent.
> 
> This is a prerequisite for the migration stream format description generator.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <address@hidden>
> ---
>  Makefile.objs   |  1 +
>  include/qjson.h | 28 +++++++++++++++++
>  qjson.c         | 97 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 126 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 include/qjson.h
>  create mode 100644 qjson.c

> +struct QJSON {
> +    QString *str;
> +    bool omit_comma;
> +    unsigned long self_size_offset;

Would size_t be smarter for this field?

> +}
> +
> +const char *qjson_get_str(QJSON *json)
> +{
> +    return qstring_get_str(json->str);
> +}
> +
> +QJSON *qjson_new(void)
> +{
> +    QJSON *json = g_new(QJSON, 1);
> +    json->str = qstring_from_str("{ ");
> +    json->omit_comma = true;
> +    return json;

If I'm not mistaken, this creates an open-ended object, as in "{ ...".
Should qjson_get_str add the closing }?

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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