The JSON structure constructor has an option to add JSON arrays to the
constructed object. The description is inaccurate as it can add any json
object even a dict. Change the docs to cover this option and add
possibility to specify NULL object to be added. These will be skipped as
we have with other specifiers.
---
src/util/virjson.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/util/virjson.c b/src/util/virjson.c
index 0dfeaed..f490f2c 100644
--- a/src/util/virjson.c
+++ b/src/util/virjson.c
@@ -97,8 +97,9 @@ struct _virJSONParser {
*
* d: double precision floating point number
* n: json null value
- * a: json array
*
+ * a: json object, must be non-NULL
+ * A: json object, omitted if NULL
* The value corresponds to the selected type.
*
* Returns -1 on error. 1 on success, if at least one key:pair was valid 0
@@ -229,8 +230,20 @@ virJSONValueObjectCreateVArgs(virJSONValuePtr *obj, va_list args)
rc = virJSONValueObjectAppendNull(jargs, key);
} break;
+ case 'A':
case 'a': {
virJSONValuePtr val = va_arg(args, virJSONValuePtr);
+
+ if (!val) {
+ if (type == 'A')
+ continue;
+
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR,
+ _("argument key '%s' must not have null
value"),
+ key);
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+
rc = virJSONValueObjectAppend(jargs, key, val);
} break;
--
2.1.0