json: add new dispatch flag JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS

This is a subset of JSON_PERMISSIVE focussed on allowing parsing of
varlink replies that get extended, i.e. gain new fields, without
allowing more than that (i.e. without allowing missing fields, or bad
field types or such).
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Lennart Poettering 2023-12-04 18:10:02 +01:00
parent 8ef31e1f13
commit a617fd9047
2 changed files with 13 additions and 8 deletions

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@ -4615,8 +4615,12 @@ int json_dispatch_full(
done++;
} else {
json_log(value, flags, 0, "Unexpected object field '%s'.", json_variant_string(key));
if (flags & JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS) {
json_log(value, flags, 0, "Unrecognized object field '%s', assuming extension.", json_variant_string(key));
continue;
}
json_log(value, flags, 0, "Unexpected object field '%s'.", json_variant_string(key));
if (flags & JSON_PERMISSIVE)
continue;

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@ -376,15 +376,16 @@ int json_buildv(JsonVariant **ret, va_list ap);
* entry, as well the bitmask specified for json_log() calls */
typedef enum JsonDispatchFlags {
/* The following three may be set in JsonDispatch's .flags field or the json_dispatch() flags parameter */
JSON_PERMISSIVE = 1 << 0, /* Shall parsing errors be considered fatal for this property? */
JSON_MANDATORY = 1 << 1, /* Should existence of this property be mandatory? */
JSON_LOG = 1 << 2, /* Should the parser log about errors? */
JSON_SAFE = 1 << 3, /* Don't accept "unsafe" strings in json_dispatch_string() + json_dispatch_string() */
JSON_RELAX = 1 << 4, /* Use relaxed user name checking in json_dispatch_user_group_name */
JSON_PERMISSIVE = 1 << 0, /* Shall parsing errors be considered fatal for this field or object? */
JSON_MANDATORY = 1 << 1, /* Should existence of this property be mandatory? */
JSON_LOG = 1 << 2, /* Should the parser log about errors? */
JSON_SAFE = 1 << 3, /* Don't accept "unsafe" strings in json_dispatch_string() + json_dispatch_string() */
JSON_RELAX = 1 << 4, /* Use relaxed user name checking in json_dispatch_user_group_name */
JSON_ALLOW_EXTENSIONS = 1 << 5, /* Subset of JSON_PERMISSIVE: allow additional fields, but no other permissive handling */
/* The following two may be passed into log_json() in addition to those above */
JSON_DEBUG = 1 << 5, /* Indicates that this log message is a debug message */
JSON_WARNING = 1 << 6, /* Indicates that this log message is a warning message */
JSON_DEBUG = 1 << 6, /* Indicates that this log message is a debug message */
JSON_WARNING = 1 << 7, /* Indicates that this log message is a warning message */
} JsonDispatchFlags;
typedef int (*JsonDispatchCallback)(const char *name, JsonVariant *variant, JsonDispatchFlags flags, void *userdata);