Updating solution to use --no-expand

docs/vspec2x.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ The supported arguments might look like this
 
  ```
 usage: vspec2x.py [-h] [-I dir] [-e EXTENDED_ATTRIBUTES] [-s] [--abort-on-unknown-attribute] [--abort-on-name-style]
-                  [--format format] [--uuid] [--no-uuid] [-o overlays] [-u unit_file]
+                  [--format format] [--uuid] [--no-uuid] [--no_expand] [-o overlays] [-u unit_file]
                   [-vt vspec_types_file] [-ot <types_output_file>]
                   [--json-all-extended-attributes] [--json-pretty]
                   [--yaml-all-extended-attributes] [-v version] [--all-idl-features] [--gqlfield GQLFIELD GQLFIELD]
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ This is currently the default behavior. From VSS 4.0 `--no-uuid` will be the def
 Request the exporter to not output uuids.
 From VSS 4.0 this will be the default behavior and then this parameter will be deprecated.
 
+### --no-expand
+
+By default all tools expand instance information so that instance information like "Row1" become a branch just like
+any other branch. If this argument is used and the exporter supports it no expansion will take place.
+Instead instance information will be kept as additional information for the branch.
+
 ## Handling of Data Types
 
 COVESA supports a number of pre-defined types, see [VSS documentation](https://covesa.github.io/vehicle_signal_specification/rule_set/data_entry/data_types/).

docs/vspec2x_arch.md

@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ This will result in that e.g. `Vehicle.Cabin.Door` is expanded to the following
 * `Vehicle.Cabin.Door.Row2.Left`
 * `Vehicle.Cabin.Door.Row2.Right`
 
+For some exporters expansion can be suppressed by using the `--no_expand` option.
+Then instance information will be represented by other means in the resulting output.
+
 ## Expansion and Overlays
 
 Sometimes an overlay only refers to a signal in a specific branch, like: