add a helper to easily get a vector of strings from the configuration

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
index 48a5f0bff..b83ece3e4 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc
@@ -223,6 +223,25 @@ string Configuration::FindDir(const char *Name,const char *Default) const
    return Res;
 }
 									/*}}}*/
+// Configuration::FindVector - Find a vector of values			/*{{{*/
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+/* Returns a vector of config values under the given item */
+vector<string> Configuration::FindVector(const char *Name) const
+{
+   vector<string> Vec;
+   const Item *Top = Lookup(Name);
+   if (Top == NULL)
+      return Vec;
+
+   Item *I = Top->Child;
+   while(I != NULL)
+   {
+      Vec.push_back(I->Value);
+      I = I->Next;
+   }
+   return Vec;
+}
+									/*}}}*/
 // Configuration::FindI - Find an integer value				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */