RNA

* RNA_struct_name_get_alloc function to get the name from a
  pointer, instead of having to deal with name property.
* CTX_data_pointer_get_type to get data from context with
  a check for the RNA type.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.c
index 12deec838a8..90880e354ec 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/context.c
@@ -365,15 +365,20 @@ PointerRNA CTX_data_pointer_get(const bContext *C, const char *member)
 {
 	bContextDataResult result;
 
-	if(ctx_data_get((bContext*)C, member, &result)) {
+	if(ctx_data_get((bContext*)C, member, &result))
 		return result.ptr;
-	}
-	else {
-		PointerRNA ptr;
-		memset(&ptr, 0, sizeof(ptr));
-		return ptr;
-	}
+	else
+		return PointerRNA_NULL;
+}
+
+PointerRNA CTX_data_pointer_get_type(const bContext *C, const char *member, StructRNA *type)
+{
+	PointerRNA ptr = CTX_data_pointer_get(C, member);
 
+	if(ptr.data && ptr.type == type)
+		return ptr;
+	
+	return PointerRNA_NULL;
 }
 
 ListBase CTX_data_collection_get(const bContext *C, const char *member)