From e0d6e7fcb1d458a95876cedcbf1afcd05b795be5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomasz Sowa <t.sowa@ttmath.org>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 15:58:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added to Space: Space & get_add_space(const wchar_t * field);
 Space & get_add_space(const std::wstring & field);

---
 src/space/space.cpp | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 src/space/space.h   |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/space/space.cpp b/src/space/space.cpp
index 4c21f96..f50402c 100644
--- a/src/space/space.cpp
+++ b/src/space/space.cpp
@@ -1689,6 +1689,27 @@ Space * Space::get_space(const std::wstring & field)
 }
 
 
+Space & Space::get_add_space(const wchar_t * field)
+{
+	pt::Space * space = get_space(field);
+
+	if( !space )
+	{
+		return add_empty_space(field);
+	}
+
+	return *space;
+}
+
+
+Space & Space::get_add_space(const std::wstring & field)
+{
+	return get_add_space(field.c_str());
+}
+
+
+
+
 bool * Space::get_bool(const wchar_t * field)
 {
 	Space * space = get_space(field);
diff --git a/src/space/space.h b/src/space/space.h
index 0561370..d5514ee 100644
--- a/src/space/space.h
+++ b/src/space/space.h
@@ -458,6 +458,9 @@ public:
 	Space * get_space(const std::wstring & field);
 	const Space * get_space(const std::wstring & field) const;
 
+	// find for such a space in an object, if not found then create one
+	Space & get_add_space(const wchar_t * field);
+	Space & get_add_space(const std::wstring & field);
 
 	bool * get_bool(const wchar_t * field);
 	long long * get_llong(const wchar_t * field);