[libvirt-users] domain reinitalization detection

[Matczak, KrzysztofX]

Hello

I'm trying to find out how to detect if domain was destroyed and brought up between two time moments,  let's call it reads. 
So far the best approach I could find is to compare domain ID from previous and current read. 
 And this is my first question : is that reliable solution ? Or do you know any better  ?

And related question is how to  resolve virDomainPtr into domain ID ?
The only verified  way  of getting domain ID I know is  to memorize it's UUID, then  call virConnectListDomains , then iterate over all returned domain IDs and resolve each one's pointer  using virDomainLookupByID , then  get  UUID  by virDomainGetUUIDString  get domain ID of matching UUID's .  
It seems too complex  and I  expect noticeable performance overhead, so looking for something lighter.  

I'm trying to get current domain ID using  API function : 

char *    virDomainGetMetadata (virDomainPtr domain,  int type,  const char * uri, unsigned int flags)

I'm  not sure it's  relevant  function, since domain ID is contained not in metadata subsection but in opening <domain> markup. 
In fact  I wasn't even able to get any data using that function call since I don't know how to construct valid URI. Do you know any doc or examples explaining that ?  

Any help appreciated
Krzysztof
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