From 218f969afcab817217d1cb456400ed9d88c742fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Sarrut <david.sarrut@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:18:14 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add GetToolCreatorFromName

---
 vv/vvToolManager.cxx | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 vv/vvToolManager.h   |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/vv/vvToolManager.cxx b/vv/vvToolManager.cxx
index 01835f8..4c64057 100644
--- a/vv/vvToolManager.cxx
+++ b/vv/vvToolManager.cxx
@@ -65,3 +65,27 @@ void vvToolManager::EnableToolsInMenu(vvMainWindowBase * m, bool enable){
     }
   }
 }
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+vvToolCreatorBase * vvToolManager::GetToolCreatorFromName(QString toolTypeName)
+{
+  std::vector<vvToolCreatorBase *> & v = vvToolManager::GetInstance()->GetListOfTools();
+  int index=-1;
+  for(uint i=0; i<v.size(); i++) {
+    // DD(v[i]->mToolName.toStdString());
+    if (v[i]->mToolName == toolTypeName) {
+      index = i;
+    }
+  }
+  if (index == -1) {
+    std::cerr << "Error, ToolCreator named '" << toolTypeName.toStdString() 
+              << "' does not exist. Abort." << std::endl;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return v[index];
+}
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
diff --git a/vv/vvToolManager.h b/vv/vvToolManager.h
index 82d2e5b..26b99c0 100644
--- a/vv/vvToolManager.h
+++ b/vv/vvToolManager.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 class vvToolCreatorBase;
 class vvMainWindowBase;
+class QString;
+class vvToolBaseBase;
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Manage a list of ToolCreator. Each tool will be automagically
@@ -43,6 +45,10 @@ public:
   /// Called in MainWindow, make the tools enabled/disabled
   static void EnableToolsInMenu(vvMainWindowBase * m, bool enable);
 
+  std::vector<vvToolCreatorBase *> & GetListOfTools() { return mListOfTools; }
+
+  vvToolCreatorBase * GetToolCreatorFromName(QString toolTypeName);
+
 protected:
 
   /// Singleton object pointer
-- 
2.47.1