make it easy to get at items and values by name

svn path=/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/; revision=906335

configloader.cpp

@@ -387,6 +387,22 @@ KConfigSkeletonItem *ConfigLoader::findItem(const QString &group, const QString
     return KConfigSkeleton::findItem(d->keysToNames[group + key]);
 }
 
+KConfigSkeletonItem *ConfigLoader::findItemByName(const QString &name)
+{
+    return KConfigSkeleton::findItem(name);
+}
+
+QVariant ConfigLoader::property(const QString &name)
+{
+    KConfigSkeletonItem *item = KConfigSkeleton::findItem(name);
+
+    if (item) {
+        return item->property();
+    }
+
+    return QVariant();
+}
+
 bool ConfigLoader::hasGroup(const QString &group) const
 {
     return d->groups.contains(group);

configloader.h

@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ public:
      */
     KConfigSkeletonItem *findItem(const QString &group, const QString &key);
 
+    /**
+     * Finds an item by its name
+     */
+    KConfigSkeletonItem *findItemByName(const QString &name);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the property (variantized value) of the named item
+     */
+    QVariant property(const QString &name);
+
     /**
      * Check to see if a group exists
      *