1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute_access.hh b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute_access.hh
index c3bc4d3ca4a..381a03d29d7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute_access.hh
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_attribute_access.hh
@@ -333,6 +333,21 @@ class CustomDataAttributes {
   void reallocate(const int size);
 
   std::optional<blender::fn::GSpan> get_for_read(const blender::StringRef name) const;
+
+  blender::fn::GVArrayPtr get_for_read(const StringRef name,
+                                       const CustomDataType data_type,
+                                       const void *default_value) const;
+
+  template<typename T>
+  blender::fn::GVArray_Typed<T> get_for_read(const blender::StringRef name,
+                                             const T &default_value) const
+  {
+    const blender::fn::CPPType &cpp_type = blender::fn::CPPType::get<T>();
+    const CustomDataType type = blender::bke::cpp_type_to_custom_data_type(cpp_type);
+    GVArrayPtr varray = this->get_for_read(name, type, &default_value);
+    return blender::fn::GVArray_Typed<T>(std::move(varray));
+  }
+
   std::optional<blender::fn::GMutableSpan> get_for_write(const blender::StringRef name);
   bool create(const blender::StringRef name, const CustomDataType data_type);
   bool create_by_move(const blender::StringRef name, const CustomDataType data_type, void *buffer);