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+/*
+ * Device Container
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2012
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qom/object.h"
+#include "qemu/module.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+
+static const TypeInfo container_info = {
+ .name = "container",
+ .instance_size = sizeof(Object),
+ .parent = TYPE_OBJECT,
+};
+
+static void container_register_types(void)
+{
+ type_register_static(&container_info);
+}
+
+Object *container_get(Object *root, const char *path)
+{
+ Object *obj, *child;
+ gchar **parts;
+ int i;
+
+ parts = g_strsplit(path, "/", 0);
+ assert(parts != NULL && parts[0] != NULL && !parts[0][0]);
+ obj = root;
+
+ for (i = 1; parts[i] != NULL; i++, obj = child) {
+ child = object_resolve_path_component(obj, parts[i]);
+ if (!child) {
+ child = object_new("container");
+ object_property_add_child(obj, parts[i], child, NULL);
+ }
+ }
+
+ g_strfreev(parts);
+
+ return obj;
+}
+
+
+type_init(container_register_types)