Similarly to virXMLPropString it extracts a string but reports an errori
similar to the newer virXMLProp helpers if the attribute is not present.
Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
src/libvirt_private.syms | 1 +
src/util/virxml.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/util/virxml.h | 4 ++++
3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
index 1e852902ab..01bb349e05 100644
--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
@@ -3683,6 +3683,7 @@ virXMLPropEnum;
virXMLPropEnumDefault;
virXMLPropInt;
virXMLPropString;
+virXMLPropStringRequired;
virXMLPropTristateBool;
virXMLPropTristateBoolAllowDefault;
virXMLPropTristateSwitch;
diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
index eac2d0a73f..b94af9c7a3 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.c
+++ b/src/util/virxml.c
@@ -455,6 +455,33 @@ virXMLPropString(xmlNodePtr node,
}
+/**
+ * virXMLPropStringRequired:
+ * @node: XML dom node pointer
+ * @name: Name of the property (attribute) to get
+ *
+ * Convenience function to return copy of an mandatoryu attribute value of a
+ * XML node.
+ *
+ * Returns the property (attribute) value as string or NULL and if the attribute
+ * is not present (libvirt error reported).
+ * The caller is responsible for freeing the returned buffer.
+ */
+char *
+virXMLPropStringRequired(xmlNodePtr node,
+ const char *name)
+{
+ char *ret = virXMLPropString(node, name);
+
+ if (!(*ret))
+ virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
+ _("Missing required attribute '%s' in element '%s'"),
+ name, node->name);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+
/**
* virXMLNodeContentString:
* @node: XML dom node pointer
diff --git a/src/util/virxml.h b/src/util/virxml.h
index dfb58ff276..42d3740c58 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.h
+++ b/src/util/virxml.h
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ char *
virXMLPropString(xmlNodePtr node,
const char *name);
char *
+virXMLPropStringRequired(xmlNodePtr node,
+ const char *name);
+
+char *
virXMLNodeContentString(xmlNodePtr node);
int
--
2.37.1
