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+/*
+ * QAPI util functions
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Hu Tao <hutao@cn.fujitsu.com>
+ * Peter Lieven <pl@kamp.de>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/util.h"
+
+int qapi_enum_parse(const char * const lookup[], const char *buf,
+ int max, int def, Error **errp)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (!buf) {
+ return def;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
+ if (!strcmp(buf, lookup[i])) {
+ return i;
+ }
+ }
+
+ error_setg(errp, "invalid parameter value: %s", buf);
+ return def;
+}