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    "id": 25749,
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    "msgid": "<20260113000808.15395-30-laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>",
    "date": "2026-01-13T00:08:01",
    "name": "[29/36] libcamera: value_node: Support adding nested children in one operation",
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        "name": "Laurent Pinchart",
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            "date": "2026-01-13T00:07:32",
            "name": "libcamera: Global configuration file improvements",
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        "From": "Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>",
        "To": "libcamera-devel@lists.libcamera.org",
        "Subject": "[PATCH 29/36] libcamera: value_node: Support adding nested children\n\tin one operation",
        "Date": "Tue, 13 Jan 2026 02:08:01 +0200",
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    "content": "The GlobalConfiguration class will need to add nested children to a\nValueNode. Add a new overload to the add() function for this purpose.\n\nSigned-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>\n---\n include/libcamera/internal/value_node.h |  3 ++\n src/libcamera/value_node.cpp            | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)",
    "diff": "diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/value_node.h b/include/libcamera/internal/value_node.h\nindex c285be4957ed..abb0991fd87e 100644\n--- a/include/libcamera/internal/value_node.h\n+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/value_node.h\n@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@\n \n #pragma once\n \n+#include <initializer_list>\n #include <iterator>\n #include <map>\n #include <memory>\n@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ public:\n \n \tValueNode *add(std::unique_ptr<ValueNode> child);\n \tValueNode *add(std::string key, std::unique_ptr<ValueNode> child);\n+\tValueNode *add(std::initializer_list<std::string_view> path,\n+\t\t       std::unique_ptr<ValueNode> child);\n \n private:\n \tLIBCAMERA_DISABLE_COPY_AND_MOVE(ValueNode)\ndiff --git a/src/libcamera/value_node.cpp b/src/libcamera/value_node.cpp\nindex 50b23284f930..1256adf8361d 100644\n--- a/src/libcamera/value_node.cpp\n+++ b/src/libcamera/value_node.cpp\n@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@\n #include <string>\n #include <vector>\n \n+#include <libcamera/base/log.h>\n+#include <libcamera/base/span.h>\n #include <libcamera/base/utils.h>\n \n /**\n@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@\n \n namespace libcamera {\n \n+LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(ValueNode)\n+\n namespace {\n \n /* Empty static ValueNode as a safe result for invalid operations */\n@@ -539,4 +543,56 @@ ValueNode *ValueNode::add(std::string key, std::unique_ptr<ValueNode> child)\n \treturn elem.value.get();\n }\n \n+/**\n+ * \\brief Add a child node at the given path\n+ * \\param[in] path The path\n+ * \\param[in] child The child node\n+ *\n+ * Add the \\a child node at the given \\a path starting at this node. Missing\n+ * nodes are created along the path. Nodes along the path must be empty, in\n+ * which case they are converted to the Type::Dictionary type, be a dictionary,\n+ * or be missing. Otherwise, the \\a child is discarded and the function returns\n+ * a nullptr.\n+ *\n+ * Path elements are unique in the context of a parent node. If a child with the\n+ * same \\a key already exist at the end of the path, the \\a child is discarded\n+ * and the function returns a nullptr.\n+ *\n+ * \\return A pointer to the \\a child node if successfully added, nullptr\n+ * otherwise\n+ */\n+ValueNode *ValueNode::add(std::initializer_list<std::string_view> path,\n+\t\t\t  std::unique_ptr<ValueNode> child)\n+{\n+\tif (!path.size())\n+\t\treturn NULL;\n+\n+\tValueNode *node = this;\n+\n+\tfor (const auto [i, name] : utils::enumerate(path)) {\n+\t\tauto iter = node->dictionary_.find(name);\n+\t\tif (iter == node->dictionary_.end()) {\n+\t\t\tstd::unique_ptr<ValueNode> obj;\n+\n+\t\t\tif (i < path.size() - 1)\n+\t\t\t\tobj = std::make_unique<ValueNode>();\n+\t\t\telse\n+\t\t\t\tobj = std::move(child);\n+\n+\t\t\tnode = node->add(std::string{ name }, std::move(obj));\n+\t\t\tif (!node) {\n+\t\t\t\tSpan<const std::string_view> pathName{ std::data(path), i + 1 };\n+\t\t\t\tLOG(ValueNode, Error)\n+\t\t\t\t\t<< \"Failed to populate '\"\n+\t\t\t\t\t<< utils::join(pathName, \"/\") << \"'\";\n+\t\t\t\treturn nullptr;\n+\t\t\t}\n+\t\t} else {\n+\t\t\tnode = iter->second;\n+\t\t}\n+\t}\n+\n+\treturn node;\n+}\n+\n } /* namespace libcamera */\n",
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