[libvirt] Question about virConnectDomainXMLToNative

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 09:42:12AM +0100, Michal Novotny wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been investigating the virConnectDomainXMLToNative() format
> option and I found out the virConnectDomainXMLToNative() calls the
> conn->driver->domainXMLToNative() function and passes the format to
> the driver function where the check whether format is valid or not
> is being performed. Unfortunately I was unable to get the list of
> supported format strings (like "qemu-argv"/"xen-xm"/"xen-sexpr"
> etc.) so I'd like to ask whether there is some API to get all the
> formats supported by the driver or not.
> 
> If not, wouldn't it be worth it to add some API like
> virConnectGetDomainNativeFormats() or something to return the format
> option for the connection?
> 
> I guess many people would be having issues with that and although
> it's documented in the virsh man pages what if somebody will be
> using some other application than virsh or you add some formatting
> option however you forget to add it to the man page?
> 
> I think it's worth it to consider adding
> conn->driver->domainNativeFormats() to the driver and placing it
> nearby the conn->driver->domainXMLToNative() function in the driver
> (like right above qemuDomainXMLToNative() etc.).

Yes, we could add an API for this purpose.

Daniel
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