qobject: Use GString instead of QString to accumulate JSON

QString supports modifying its string, but it's quite limited: you can
only append.  The remaining callers use it for building an initial
string, never for modifying it later.

Use of GString for building the initial string is actually more
convenient here.  Change qobject_to_json() & friends to do that.

Once all such uses are replaced this way, QString can become immutable.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20201211171152.146877-5-armbru@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 57 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/qobject/qjson.c b/qobject/qjson.c
index 523a4ab8de..e7100a539c 100644
--- a/qobject/qjson.c
+++ b/qobject/qjson.c
@@ -149,28 +149,23 @@ QDict *qdict_from_jsonf_nofail(const char *string, ...)
     return qdict;
 }
 
-static void json_pretty_newline(QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
+static void json_pretty_newline(GString *accu, bool pretty, int indent)
 {
-    int i;
-
     if (pretty) {
-        qstring_append(str, "\n");
-        for (i = 0; i < indent; i++) {
-            qstring_append(str, "    ");
-        }
+        g_string_append_printf(accu, "\n%*s", indent * 4, "");
     }
 }
 
-static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
+static void to_json(const QObject *obj, GString *accu, bool pretty, int indent)
 {
     switch (qobject_type(obj)) {
     case QTYPE_QNULL:
-        qstring_append(str, "null");
+        g_string_append(accu, "null");
         break;
     case QTYPE_QNUM: {
         QNum *val = qobject_to(QNum, obj);
         char *buffer = qnum_to_string(val);
-        qstring_append(str, buffer);
+        g_string_append(accu, buffer);
         g_free(buffer);
         break;
     }
@@ -178,35 +173,34 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
         QString *val = qobject_to(QString, obj);
         const char *ptr;
         int cp;
-        char buf[16];
         char *end;
 
         ptr = qstring_get_str(val);
-        qstring_append(str, "\"");
+        g_string_append_c(accu, '"');
 
         for (; *ptr; ptr = end) {
             cp = mod_utf8_codepoint(ptr, 6, &end);
             switch (cp) {
             case '\"':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\\"");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\\"");
                 break;
             case '\\':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\\\");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\\\");
                 break;
             case '\b':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\b");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\b");
                 break;
             case '\f':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\f");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\f");
                 break;
             case '\n':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\n");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\n");
                 break;
             case '\r':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\r");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\r");
                 break;
             case '\t':
-                qstring_append(str, "\\t");
+                g_string_append(accu, "\\t");
                 break;
             default:
                 if (cp < 0) {
@@ -214,20 +208,18 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
                 }
                 if (cp > 0xFFFF) {
                     /* beyond BMP; need a surrogate pair */
-                    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\\u%04X\\u%04X",
-                             0xD800 + ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10),
-                             0xDC00 + ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x3FF));
+                    g_string_append_printf(accu, "\\u%04X\\u%04X",
+                                           0xD800 + ((cp - 0x10000) >> 10),
+                                           0xDC00 + ((cp - 0x10000) & 0x3FF));
                 } else if (cp < 0x20 || cp >= 0x7F) {
-                    snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\\u%04X", cp);
+                    g_string_append_printf(accu, "\\u%04X", cp);
                 } else {
-                    buf[0] = cp;
-                    buf[1] = 0;
+                    g_string_append_c(accu, cp);
                 }
-                qstring_append(str, buf);
             }
         };
 
-        qstring_append(str, "\"");
+        g_string_append_c(accu, '"');
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QDICT: {
@@ -237,25 +229,25 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
         const QDictEntry *entry;
         QString *qkey;
 
-        qstring_append(str, "{");
+        g_string_append_c(accu, '{');
 
         for (entry = qdict_first(val);
              entry;
              entry = qdict_next(val, entry)) {
-            qstring_append(str, sep);
-            json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent + 1);
+            g_string_append(accu, sep);
+            json_pretty_newline(accu, pretty, indent + 1);
 
             qkey = qstring_from_str(qdict_entry_key(entry));
-            to_json(QOBJECT(qkey), str, pretty, indent + 1);
+            to_json(QOBJECT(qkey), accu, pretty, indent + 1);
             qobject_unref(qkey);
 
-            qstring_append(str, ": ");
-            to_json(qdict_entry_value(entry), str, pretty, indent + 1);
+            g_string_append(accu, ": ");
+            to_json(qdict_entry_value(entry), accu, pretty, indent + 1);
             sep = comma;
         }
 
-        json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent);
-        qstring_append(str, "}");
+        json_pretty_newline(accu, pretty, indent);
+        g_string_append_c(accu, '}');
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QLIST: {
@@ -264,26 +256,26 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
         const char *sep = "";
         QListEntry *entry;
 
-        qstring_append(str, "[");
+        g_string_append_c(accu, '[');
 
         QLIST_FOREACH_ENTRY(val, entry) {
-            qstring_append(str, sep);
-            json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent + 1);
-            to_json(qlist_entry_obj(entry), str, pretty, indent + 1);
+            g_string_append(accu, sep);
+            json_pretty_newline(accu, pretty, indent + 1);
+            to_json(qlist_entry_obj(entry), accu, pretty, indent + 1);
             sep = comma;
         }
 
-        json_pretty_newline(str, pretty, indent);
-        qstring_append(str, "]");
+        json_pretty_newline(accu, pretty, indent);
+        g_string_append_c(accu, ']');
         break;
     }
     case QTYPE_QBOOL: {
         QBool *val = qobject_to(QBool, obj);
 
         if (qbool_get_bool(val)) {
-            qstring_append(str, "true");
+            g_string_append(accu, "true");
         } else {
-            qstring_append(str, "false");
+            g_string_append(accu, "false");
         }
         break;
     }
@@ -294,11 +286,10 @@ static void to_json(const QObject *obj, QString *str, bool pretty, int indent)
 
 QString *qobject_to_json_pretty(const QObject *obj, bool pretty)
 {
-    QString *str = qstring_new();
-
-    to_json(obj, str, pretty, 0);
+    GString *accu = g_string_new(NULL);
 
-    return str;
+    to_json(obj, accu, pretty, 0);
+    return qstring_from_gstring(accu);
 }
 
 QString *qobject_to_json(const QObject *obj)
diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index b66a2c35f2..af7c18ca73 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -66,6 +66,25 @@ QString *qstring_from_str(const char *str)
     return qstring_from_substr(str, 0, strlen(str));
 }
 
+/**
+ * qstring_from_gstring(): Convert a GString to a QString
+ *
+ * Return strong reference.
+ */
+
+QString *qstring_from_gstring(GString *gstr)
+{
+    QString *qstring;
+
+    qstring = g_malloc(sizeof(*qstring));
+    qobject_init(QOBJECT(qstring), QTYPE_QSTRING);
+    qstring->length = gstr->len;
+    qstring->capacity = gstr->allocated_len;
+    qstring->string = g_string_free(gstr, false);
+    return qstring;
+}
+
+
 static void capacity_increase(QString *qstring, size_t len)
 {
     if (qstring->capacity < (qstring->length + len)) {