From 6b32eebf861f9553853a71f1775253459654e56d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaaira Gupta <kgupta@es.iitr.ac.in>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:51:42 +0530
Subject: libcamera: pixel_format: Add a function to return format based on
 string

Add a function which retrieves pixel format corresponding to its name
from PixelFormatInfo.

Signed-off-by: Kaaira Gupta <kgupta@es.iitr.ac.in>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>
Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham@ideasonboard.com>
---
 src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp')

diff --git a/src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp b/src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp
index 14addb51..54763fbf 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pixel_format.cpp
@@ -130,4 +130,15 @@ std::string PixelFormat::toString() const
 	return info.name;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Create a PixelFormat from a string
+ * \return Pixel format
+ * \return The PixelFormat represented by the \a name if known, or an
+ * invalid pixel format otherwise.
+ */
+PixelFormat PixelFormat::fromString(const std::string &name)
+{
+	return PixelFormatInfo::info(name).format;
+}
+
 } /* namespace libcamera */
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