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

2 files changed, 22 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				/*{{{*/
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 /* */
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
index 2534692a3..e2da83f5b 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 #include <iostream>
 
 using std::string;
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ class Configuration
    string Find(const string Name,const char *Default = 0) const {return Find(Name.c_str(),Default);};
    string FindFile(const char *Name,const char *Default = 0) const;
    string FindDir(const char *Name,const char *Default = 0) const;
+   std::vector<string> FindVector(const string &Name) const;
+   std::vector<string> FindVector(const char *Name) const;
    int FindI(const char *Name,int Default = 0) const;
    int FindI(const string Name,int Default = 0) const {return FindI(Name.c_str(),Default);};
    bool FindB(const char *Name,bool Default = false) const;