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Fix description of conversion generator
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@ -30,21 +30,33 @@ limitations under the License.
// ones named // ones named
// autoConvert_<pkg1>_<type>_To_<pkg2>_<type> // autoConvert_<pkg1>_<type>_To_<pkg2>_<type>
// for each such pair of types --- both with (pkg1,pkg2) = // for each such pair of types --- both with (pkg1,pkg2) =
// (internal,external) and (pkg1,pkg2) = (external,internal). // (internal,external) and (pkg1,pkg2) = (external,internal). The
// Additionally: if the destination package does not contain one in a // generated conversion functions recurse on the structure of the data
// non-generated file then a function named // types. For structs, source and destination fields are matched up
// according to name; if a source field has no corresponding
// destination or there is a fundamental mismatch in the type of the
// field then the generated autoConvert_... function has just a
// warning comment about that field. The generated conversion
// functions use standard value assignment wherever possible. For
// compound types, the generated conversion functions call the
// `Convert...` functions for the subsidiary types.
//
// For each pair of types `conversion-gen` will also generate a
// function named
// Convert_<pkg1>_<type>_To_<pkg2>_<type> // Convert_<pkg1>_<type>_To_<pkg2>_<type>
// is also generated and it simply calls the `autoConvert...` // if both of two conditions are met: (1) the destination package does
// function. The generated conversion functions use standard value // not contain a function of that name in a non-generated file and (2)
// assignment wherever possible. For compound types, the generated // the generation of the corresponding autoConvert_... function did
// conversion functions call the `Convert...` functions for the // not run into trouble with a missing or fundamentally differently
// subsidiary types. Thus developers can override the behavior for // typed field. A generated Convert_... function simply calls the
// selected types. For a top-level object type (i.e., the type of an // corresponding `autoConvert...` function. `conversion_gen` also
// object that will be input to an apiserver), for such an override to // generates a function that updates a given `runtime.Scheme` by
// be used by the apiserver the developer-maintained conversion // registering all the Convert_... functions found and generated.
// functions must also be registered by invoking the // Thus developers can override the generated behavior for selected
// `AddConversionFunc`/`AddGeneratedConversionFunc` method of the // type pairs by putting the desired Convert_... functions in
// relevant `Scheme` object from k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime. // non-generated files. Further, developers are practically required
// to override the generated behavior when there are missing or
// fundamentally differently typed fields.
// //
// `conversion-gen` will scan its `--input-dirs`, looking at the // `conversion-gen` will scan its `--input-dirs`, looking at the
// package defined in each of those directories for comment tags that // package defined in each of those directories for comment tags that