+/* Test the conversion process of a target description to/from xml: Take a target
+ description TDESC, convert to xml, back to a description, and confirm the new
+ tdesc is identical to the original. */
+static bool
+maintenance_check_tdesc_xml_convert (const target_desc *tdesc, const char *name)
+{
+ const char *xml = tdesc_get_features_xml (tdesc);
+
+ if (xml == nullptr || *xml != '@')
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("Could not convert description for %s to xml.\n"),
+ name);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ const target_desc *tdesc_trans = string_read_description_xml (xml + 1);
+
+ if (tdesc_trans == nullptr)
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("Could not convert description for %s from xml.\n"),
+ name);
+ return false;
+ }
+ else if (*tdesc != *tdesc_trans)
+ {
+ printf_filtered (_("Converted description for %s does not match.\n"),
+ name);
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+