QDict: Introduce qdict_get_qdict()

A helper to retrieve a QDict from a QDict.

Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/qdict.c b/qdict.c
index ba8eef09b7..c6a5a425e5 100644
--- a/qdict.c
+++ b/qdict.c
@@ -216,6 +216,19 @@ QList *qdict_get_qlist(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
 }
 
 /**
+ * qdict_get_qdict(): Get the QDict mapped by 'key'
+ *
+ * This function assumes that 'key' exists and it stores a
+ * QDict object.
+ *
+ * Return QDict mapped by 'key'.
+ */
+QDict *qdict_get_qdict(const QDict *qdict, const char *key)
+{
+    return qobject_to_qdict(qdict_get_obj(qdict, key, QTYPE_QDICT));
+}
+
+/**
  * qdict_get_str(): Get a pointer to the stored string mapped
  * by 'key'
  *