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authorMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2019-02-14 16:22:34 +0100
committerMarkus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>2019-02-18 14:44:04 +0100
commitce32bf8586851866aa5902c3fa32ebd35d0188bd (patch)
treef5673731e02adec0364b415145e5a672a5c41ddb /docs/devel/qapi-code-gen.txt
parent1e36232994c8ad01774501d2e299deba3a2469af (diff)
qapi: Belatedly document modular code generation
We generate code for built-ins and sub-modules into separate files since commit cdb6610ae42 and 252dc3105fc (v2.12.0). Both commits neglected to update documentation. Do that now. Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <marcandre.lureau@redhat.com> Message-Id: <20190214152251.2073-2-armbru@redhat.com>
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@@ -1113,6 +1113,19 @@ Example:
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for
+each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into
+
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-types-SUBMODULE.h
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-types-SUBMODULE.c
+
+If qapi-gen.py is run with option --builtins, additional files are
+created:
+
+qapi-builtin-types.h - C types corresponding to built-in types
+
+qapi-builtin-types.c - Cleanup functions for the above C types
+
=== Code generated for visiting QAPI types ===
These are the visitor functions used to walk through and convert
@@ -1244,6 +1257,19 @@ Example:
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for
+each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into
+
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-visit-SUBMODULE.h
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-visit-SUBMODULE.c
+
+If qapi-gen.py is run with option --builtins, additional files are
+created:
+
+qapi-builtin-visit.h - Visitor functions for built-in types
+
+qapi-builtin-visit.c - Declarations for these visitor functions
+
=== Code generated for commands ===
These are the marshaling/dispatch functions for the commands defined
@@ -1342,6 +1368,12 @@ Example:
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for
+each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into
+
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-commands-SUBMODULE.h
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-commands-SUBMODULE.c
+
=== Code generated for events ===
This is the code related to events defined in the schema, providing
@@ -1402,6 +1434,12 @@ Example:
[Uninteresting stuff omitted...]
+For a modular QAPI schema (see section Include directives), code for
+each sub-module SUBDIR/SUBMODULE.json is actually generated into
+
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-events-SUBMODULE.h
+SUBDIR/$(prefix)qapi-events-SUBMODULE.c
+
=== Code generated for introspection ===
The following files are created: