return ret;
}
+/**
+ * qdict_clone_shallow(): Clones a given QDict. Its entries are not copied, but
+ * another reference is added.
+ */
+QDict *qdict_clone_shallow(const QDict *src)
+{
+ QDict *dest;
+ QDictEntry *entry;
+ int i;
+
+ dest = qdict_new();
+
+ for (i = 0; i < QDICT_BUCKET_MAX; i++) {
+ QLIST_FOREACH(entry, &src->table[i], next) {
+ qobject_incref(entry->value);
+ qdict_put_obj(dest, entry->key, entry->value);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return dest;
+}
+
/**
* qentry_destroy(): Free all the memory allocated by a QDictEntry
*/
g_free(qdict);
}
+
+static void qdict_do_flatten(QDict *qdict, QDict *target, const char *prefix)
+{
+ QObject *value;
+ const QDictEntry *entry, *next;
+ const char *new_key;
+ bool delete;
+
+ entry = qdict_first(qdict);
+
+ while (entry != NULL) {
+
+ next = qdict_next(qdict, entry);
+ value = qdict_entry_value(entry);
+ new_key = NULL;
+ delete = false;
+
+ if (prefix) {
+ qobject_incref(value);
+ new_key = g_strdup_printf("%s.%s", prefix, entry->key);
+ qdict_put_obj(target, new_key, value);
+ delete = true;
+ }
+
+ if (qobject_type(value) == QTYPE_QDICT) {
+ qdict_do_flatten(qobject_to_qdict(value), target,
+ new_key ? new_key : entry->key);
+ delete = true;
+ }
+
+ if (delete) {
+ qdict_del(qdict, entry->key);
+
+ /* Restart loop after modifying the iterated QDict */
+ entry = qdict_first(qdict);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ entry = next;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * qdict_flatten(): For each nested QDict with key x, all fields with key y
+ * are moved to this QDict and their key is renamed to "x.y". This operation
+ * is applied recursively for nested QDicts.
+ */
+void qdict_flatten(QDict *qdict)
+{
+ qdict_do_flatten(qdict, qdict, NULL);
+}
+
+/* extract all the src QDict entries starting by start into dst */
+void qdict_extract_subqdict(QDict *src, QDict **dst, const char *start)
+
+{
+ const QDictEntry *entry, *next;
+ const char *p;
+
+ *dst = qdict_new();
+ entry = qdict_first(src);
+
+ while (entry != NULL) {
+ next = qdict_next(src, entry);
+ if (strstart(entry->key, start, &p)) {
+ qobject_incref(entry->value);
+ qdict_put_obj(*dst, p, entry->value);
+ qdict_del(src, entry->key);
+ }
+ entry = next;
+ }
+}