Many uses of qobject_from_jsonf() convert JSON objects.  Create new
convenience function qdict_from_jsonf_nofail() that includes the
conversion to QDict.  The next few commits will put it to use.

Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180703085358.13941-22-armbru@redhat.com>
---
 include/qapi/qmp/qjson.h |  2 ++
 qobject/qjson.c          | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/qapi/qmp/qjson.h b/include/qapi/qmp/qjson.h
index b274ac3a86..43b2ce2f33 100644
--- a/include/qapi/qmp/qjson.h
+++ b/include/qapi/qmp/qjson.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ QObject *qobject_from_jsonf(const char *string, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
 QObject *qobject_from_jsonv(const char *string, va_list *ap, Error **errp)
     GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 0);
 
+QDict *qdict_from_jsonf_nofail(const char *string, ...) GCC_FMT_ATTR(1, 2);
+
 QString *qobject_to_json(const QObject *obj);
 QString *qobject_to_json_pretty(const QObject *obj);
 
diff --git a/qobject/qjson.c b/qobject/qjson.c
index 9816a65c7d..0df3120202 100644
--- a/qobject/qjson.c
+++ b/qobject/qjson.c
@@ -76,6 +76,24 @@ QObject *qobject_from_jsonf(const char *string, ...)
     return obj;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Parse @string as JSON object with %-escapes interpolated.
+ * Abort on error.  Do not use with untrusted @string.
+ * Return the resulting QDict.  It is never null.
+ */
+QDict *qdict_from_jsonf_nofail(const char *string, ...)
+{
+    QDict *obj;
+    va_list ap;
+
+    va_start(ap, string);
+    obj = qobject_to(QDict, qobject_from_jsonv(string, &ap, &error_abort));
+    va_end(ap);
+
+    assert(obj);
+    return obj;
+}
+
 typedef struct ToJsonIterState
 {
     int indent;
-- 
2.17.1