The OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE documentation was inaccurate: it doesn't define a class struct or class type checking helpers.
OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE expansion looks very similar to the existing example, though. Rewrite that section to show both both OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE and OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE. Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> --- docs/devel/qom.rst | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/devel/qom.rst b/docs/devel/qom.rst index dee60a64c0a..aa1f672efbe 100644 --- a/docs/devel/qom.rst +++ b/docs/devel/qom.rst @@ -301,6 +301,27 @@ This is equivalent to the following: .. code-block:: c :caption: Expansion from declaring a simple type + typedef struct MyDevice MyDevice; + G_DEFINE_AUTOPTR_CLEANUP_FUNC(MyDevice, object_unref) + #define MY_DEVICE(void *obj) + OBJECT_CHECK(MyDevice, obj, TYPE_MY_DEVICE) + +The 'struct MyDevice' needs to be declared separately. + +If the type requires virtual functions to be declared in a class +struct, then the alternative `OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE()` macro can be +used: + +.. code-block:: c + :caption: Declaring a type with custom class struct + + OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE(MyDevice, my_device, MY_DEVICE, DEVICE) + +This is equivalent to the following: + +.. code-block:: c + :caption: Expansion from declaring a type with custom class struct + typedef struct MyDevice MyDevice; typedef struct MyDeviceClass MyDeviceClass; @@ -313,16 +334,6 @@ This is equivalent to the following: #define MY_DEVICE(void *obj) OBJECT_CHECK(MyDevice, obj, TYPE_MY_DEVICE) - struct MyDeviceClass { - DeviceClass parent_class; - }; - -The 'struct MyDevice' needs to be declared separately. -If the type requires virtual functions to be declared in the class -struct, then the alternative `OBJECT_DECLARE_TYPE()` macro can be -used. This does the same as `OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE()`, but without -the 'struct MyDeviceClass' definition. - Type definition macros ---------------------- -- 2.31.1