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authorLluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu>2014-05-07 20:46:15 +0200
committerLuiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>2014-05-08 14:19:58 -0400
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qapi: Add a primitive to include other files from a QAPI schema file
The primitive uses JSON syntax, and include paths are relative to the file using the directive: { 'include': 'path/to/file.json' } Signed-off-by: Lluís Vilanova <vilanova@ac.upc.edu> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
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@@ -40,6 +40,17 @@ enumeration types and union types.
Generally speaking, types definitions should always use CamelCase for the type
names. Command names should be all lower case with words separated by a hyphen.
+
+=== Includes ===
+
+The QAPI schema definitions can be modularized using the 'include' directive:
+
+ { 'include': 'path/to/file.json'}
+
+The directive is evaluated recursively, and include paths are relative to the
+file using the directive.
+
+
=== Complex types ===
A complex type is a dictionary containing a single key whose value is a