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+/*
+ * Forwarding visitor
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat, Inc. 2021
+ *
+ * Author: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef FORWARD_VISITOR_H
+#define FORWARD_VISITOR_H
+
+#include "qapi/visitor.h"
+
+typedef struct ForwardFieldVisitor ForwardFieldVisitor;
+
+/*
+ * The forwarding visitor only expects a single name, @from, to be passed for
+ * toplevel fields.  It is converted to @to and forwarded to the @target visitor.
+ * Calls within a struct are forwarded without changing the name.
+ */
+Visitor *visitor_forward_field(Visitor *target, const char *from, const char *to);
+
+#endif