Contrary to most APIs returning typed parameters, there are no constants
defined for the domain stats data keys. This is was because many of the
keys needs to be dynamically constructed using one or more array index
values.

It is possible to define constants while still supporting dynamic
array indexes by simply defining the prefixes and suffixes as constants.
The consuming code can then combine the constants with array index
value.

With this approach, it is practical to add constants for the domain stats
API keys.

Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>
---
 include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 src/libvirt-domain.c             |  9 +++------
 src/qemu/qemu_driver.c           |  6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index d8161e148e..257c3bfe22 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -2795,6 +2795,26 @@ struct _virDomainStatsRecord {
     int nparams;
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_STATE:
+ *
+ * State of the VM, returned as int from virDomainState enum.
+ *
+ * Since: 11.2.0
+ */
+#define VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_STATE "state.state"
+
+/**
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_REASON:
+ *
+ * Reason for entering given state, returned as int from virDomain*Reason
+ * enum corresponding to given state.
+ *
+ * Since: 11.2.0
+ */
+#define VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_REASON "state.reason"
+
 /**
  * virDomainStatsTypes:
  *
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 82de3ede24..71732b4741 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -12240,12 +12240,9 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
  * (although not necessarily implemented for each hypervisor):
  *
  * VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE:
- *     Return domain state and reason for entering that state. The typed
- *     parameter keys are in this format:
- *
- *     "state.state" - state of the VM, returned as int from virDomainState enum
- *     "state.reason" - reason for entering given state, returned as int from
- *                      virDomain*Reason enum corresponding to given state.
+ *     Return domain state and reason for entering that state.
+ *     The VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_* constants define the known typed
+ *     parameter keys.
  *
  * VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_CPU_TOTAL:
  *     Return CPU statistics and usage information. The typed parameter keys
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index bb12beb6da..df5bd6a4bd 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -16554,8 +16554,10 @@ qemuDomainGetStatsState(virQEMUDriver *driver G_GNUC_UNUSED,
                         virTypedParamList *params,
                         unsigned int privflags G_GNUC_UNUSED)
 {
-    virTypedParamListAddInt(params, dom->state.state, "state.state");
-    virTypedParamListAddInt(params, dom->state.reason, "state.reason");
+    virTypedParamListAddInt(params, dom->state.state,
+                            VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_STATE);
+    virTypedParamListAddInt(params, dom->state.reason,
+                            VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_STATE_REASON);
 }
 
 
-- 
2.48.1