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+/*
+ * Policy for handling "funny" management interfaces
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
+#define QAPI_COMPAT_POLICY_H
+
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-types-compat.h"
+
+extern CompatPolicy compat_policy;
+
+bool compat_policy_input_ok(unsigned special_features,
+                            const CompatPolicy *policy,
+                            ErrorClass error_class,
+                            const char *kind, const char *name,
+                            Error **errp);
+
+/*
+ * Create a QObject input visitor for @obj for use with QMP
+ *
+ * This is like qobject_input_visitor_new(), except it obeys the
+ * policy for handling deprecated management interfaces set with
+ * -compat.
+ */
+Visitor *qobject_input_visitor_new_qmp(QObject *obj);
+
+/*
+ * Create a QObject output visitor for @obj for use with QMP
+ *
+ * This is like qobject_output_visitor_new(), except it obeys the
+ * policy for handling deprecated management interfaces set with
+ * -compat.
+ */
+Visitor *qobject_output_visitor_new_qmp(QObject **result);
+
+#endif