add convenience lua API for looking up Plugins

3 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/lua_api.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/lua_api.h
index 690957f47a..997e0036df 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/lua_api.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/lua_api.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 namespace ARDOUR { namespace LuaAPI {
 
 	boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Processor> new_luaproc (ARDOUR::Session *s, const std::string&);
+	boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::PluginInfo> new_plugin_info (const std::string&, ARDOUR::PluginType);
 	boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::Processor> new_plugin (ARDOUR::Session *s, const std::string&, ARDOUR::PluginType, const std::string& preset = "");
 	bool set_processor_param (boost::shared_ptr<Processor> proc, uint32_t which, float val);
 	bool set_plugin_insert_param (boost::shared_ptr<PluginInsert> pi, uint32_t which, float val);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/lua_api.cc b/libs/ardour/lua_api.cc
index 176a620052..c8c1217bc2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/lua_api.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/lua_api.cc
@@ -67,14 +67,9 @@ ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_luaproc (Session *s, const string& name)
 	return boost::shared_ptr<Processor> (new PluginInsert (*s, p));
 }
 
-
-boost::shared_ptr<Processor>
-ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin (Session *s, const string& name, ARDOUR::PluginType type, const string& preset)
+PluginInfoPtr
+ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin_info (const string& name, ARDOUR::PluginType type)
 {
-	if (!s) {
-		return boost::shared_ptr<Processor> ();
-	}
-
 	PluginManager& manager = PluginManager::instance();
 	PluginInfoList all_plugs;
 	all_plugs.insert(all_plugs.end(), manager.ladspa_plugin_info().begin(), manager.ladspa_plugin_info().end());
@@ -91,13 +86,23 @@ ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin (Session *s, const string& name, ARDOUR::PluginType t
 	all_plugs.insert(all_plugs.end(), manager.lv2_plugin_info().begin(), manager.lv2_plugin_info().end());
 #endif
 
-	PluginInfoPtr pip;
 	for (PluginInfoList::const_iterator i = all_plugs.begin(); i != all_plugs.end(); ++i) {
 		if (((*i)->name == name || (*i)->unique_id == name) && (*i)->type == type) {
-			pip = *i;
-			break;
+			return *i;
 		}
 	}
+	return PluginInfoPtr ();
+}
+
+boost::shared_ptr<Processor>
+ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin (Session *s, const string& name, ARDOUR::PluginType type, const string& preset)
+{
+	if (!s) {
+		return boost::shared_ptr<Processor> ();
+	}
+
+	PluginInfoPtr pip = new_plugin_info (name, type);
+
 	if (!pip) {
 		return boost::shared_ptr<Processor> ();
 	}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
index 0ad43ddad3..92a05dc407 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luabindings.cc
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ LuaBindings::common (lua_State* L)
 
 		.beginNamespace ("LuaAPI")
 		.addFunction ("new_luaproc", ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_luaproc)
+		.addFunction ("new_plugin_info", ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin_info)
 		.addFunction ("new_plugin", ARDOUR::LuaAPI::new_plugin)
 		.addFunction ("set_processor_param", ARDOUR::LuaAPI::set_processor_param)
 		.addFunction ("set_plugin_insert_param", ARDOUR::LuaAPI::set_plugin_insert_param)