ConfigGlobal: add config_find_block()

Merge duplicate code.

2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/config/ConfigGlobal.cxx b/src/config/ConfigGlobal.cxx
index c7d16d3e7..dd76e3ca3 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigGlobal.cxx
+++ b/src/config/ConfigGlobal.cxx
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@ config_get_next_param(ConfigOption option, const struct config_param * last)
 	return param;
 }
 
+const config_param *
+config_find_block(ConfigOption option, const char *key, const char *value)
+{
+	const config_param *param = nullptr;
+	while ((param = config_get_next_param(option, param)) != nullptr) {
+		const char *value2 = param->GetBlockValue(key);
+		if (value2 == nullptr)
+			FormatFatalError("block without '%s' name in line %d",
+					 key, param->line);
+
+		if (strcmp(value2, value) == 0)
+			return param;
+	}
+
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
 const char *
 config_get_string(ConfigOption option, const char *default_value)
 {
diff --git a/src/config/ConfigGlobal.hxx b/src/config/ConfigGlobal.hxx
index abce424de..84ef7dd5f 100644
--- a/src/config/ConfigGlobal.hxx
+++ b/src/config/ConfigGlobal.hxx
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ config_get_param(enum ConfigOption option)
 	return config_get_next_param(option, nullptr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find a block with a matching attribute.
+ *
+ * @param option the blocks to search
+ * @param key the attribute name
+ * @param value the expected attribute value
+ */
+gcc_pure
+const config_param *
+config_find_block(ConfigOption option, const char *key, const char *value);
+
 /* Note on gcc_pure: Some of the functions declared pure are not
    really pure in strict sense.  They have side effect such that they
    validate parameter's value and signal an error if it's invalid.