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-rw-r--r--include/asterisk/config.h7
-rw-r--r--main/config.c6
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/asterisk/config.h b/include/asterisk/config.h
index ea360991b..ab67fb22b 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/config.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/config.h
@@ -132,6 +132,13 @@ char *ast_category_browse(struct ast_config *config, const char *prev);
*/
struct ast_variable *ast_variable_browse(const struct ast_config *config, const char *category);
+/*!
+ * \brief given a pointer to a category, return the root variable.
+ * This is equivalent to ast_variable_browse(), but more efficient if we
+ * already have the struct ast_category * (e.g. from ast_category_get())
+ */
+struct ast_variable *ast_category_first(struct ast_category *cat);
+
/*!
* \brief Gets a variable
* \param config which (opened) config to use
diff --git a/main/config.c b/main/config.c
index 134add80a..27c34ec15 100644
--- a/main/config.c
+++ b/main/config.c
@@ -587,6 +587,12 @@ static struct ast_category *next_available_category(struct ast_category *cat)
return cat;
}
+/*! return the first var of a category */
+struct ast_variable *ast_category_first(struct ast_category *cat)
+{
+ return (cat) ? cat->root : NULL;
+}
+
struct ast_variable *ast_category_root(struct ast_config *config, char *cat)
{
struct ast_category *category = ast_category_get(config, cat);