[RFC PATCH 1/7] util: xml: Introduce virXMLFormatElementEmpty

[Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Add a helper which will format an XML element with attributes and
children, but compared to virXMLFormatElement it also formats an empty
element if both buffers are empty.

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 src/libvirt_private.syms |  1 +
 src/util/virxml.c        | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 src/util/virxml.h        |  7 +++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index b3f9c9681a..64002de39a 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3541,6 +3541,7 @@ virXMLBufferCreate;
 virXMLCheckIllegalChars;
 virXMLExtractNamespaceXML;
 virXMLFormatElement;
+virXMLFormatElementEmpty;
 virXMLNewNode;
 virXMLNodeContentString;
 virXMLNodeNameEqual;
diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
index 117f50f2bf..c2a49cbef2 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.c
+++ b/src/util/virxml.c
@@ -1314,6 +1314,32 @@ virXMLValidatorFree(virXMLValidator *validator)
 }


+/* same as virXMLFormatElement but outputs an empty element if @attrBuf and
+ * @childBuf are both empty */
+void
+virXMLFormatElementEmpty(virBuffer *buf,
+                         const char *name,
+                         virBuffer *attrBuf,
+                         virBuffer *childBuf)
+{
+    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<%s", name);
+
+    if (attrBuf && virBufferUse(attrBuf) > 0)
+        virBufferAddBuffer(buf, attrBuf);
+
+    if (childBuf && virBufferUse(childBuf) > 0) {
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, ">\n");
+        virBufferAddBuffer(buf, childBuf);
+        virBufferAsprintf(buf, "</%s>\n", name);
+    } else {
+        virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n");
+    }
+
+    virBufferFreeAndReset(attrBuf);
+    virBufferFreeAndReset(childBuf);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * virXMLFormatElement
  * @buf: the parent buffer where the element will be placed
@@ -1338,21 +1364,7 @@ virXMLFormatElement(virBuffer *buf,
         (!childBuf || virBufferUse(childBuf) == 0))
         return;

-    virBufferAsprintf(buf, "<%s", name);
-
-    if (attrBuf && virBufferUse(attrBuf) > 0)
-        virBufferAddBuffer(buf, attrBuf);
-
-    if (childBuf && virBufferUse(childBuf) > 0) {
-        virBufferAddLit(buf, ">\n");
-        virBufferAddBuffer(buf, childBuf);
-        virBufferAsprintf(buf, "</%s>\n", name);
-    } else {
-        virBufferAddLit(buf, "/>\n");
-    }
-
-    virBufferFreeAndReset(attrBuf);
-    virBufferFreeAndReset(childBuf);
+    virXMLFormatElementEmpty(buf, name, attrBuf, childBuf);
 }


diff --git a/src/util/virxml.h b/src/util/virxml.h
index de171dce12..a81db478f0 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.h
+++ b/src/util/virxml.h
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@ virXMLFormatElement(virBuffer *buf,
                     virBuffer *attrBuf,
                     virBuffer *childBuf);

+void
+virXMLFormatElementEmpty(virBuffer *buf,
+                         const char *name,
+                         virBuffer *attrBuf,
+                         virBuffer *childBuf);
+
+
 struct _virXPathContextNodeSave {
     xmlXPathContextPtr ctxt;
     xmlNodePtr node;
-- 
2.30.2