Output generated using libutil's util_fmt_*() functions contains
meta-data such as hostname and time of invocation. When writing test
cases that compare expected and actual tool output, this run-time
variable information needs to be filtered out, resulting in increased
complexity.
To address this, add a global option to suppress meta-data output via
environment variable FMT_NOMETA. If set to '1', no meta-data will be
generated.
Example:
$ FMT_NOMETA=1 chpstat --format json
Reviewed-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Add helper functions for converting structured key-value data into
different formats such as JSON, text pairs, and CSV.
Using these functions the resulting output format can be dynamically
configured at run-time without the need to duplicate output-generating
code for each format type. Also format-specific requirements such as
quoting, indentation, and comma-placement are automatically taken care
of.
Basic API calling sequence:
util_fmt_init() => Select output format
util_fmt_obj_start() => Start a new object or list
util_fmt_pair() => Emit a key-value pair
util_fmt_obj_end() => End the most recent object or list
util_fmt_exit() => Cleanup
Notes:
- Supported data elements are objects, lists and key-value pairs
(mappings)
- Scalars are only supported as part of a mapping
Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <hoeppner@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <oberpar@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
