1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.cc b/src/utils.cc
index f58dc61..54fa38e 100644
--- a/src/utils.cc
+++ b/src/utils.cc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <map>
+#include <algorithm>
 
 nlohmann::json utils::loadJson(const std::string& path) {
     std::ifstream f(path);
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ nlohmann::json utils::loadJson(const std::string& type, const std::string& name)
     throw std::invalid_argument("Unknown name: `" + name + "' for type `" + type + "'.");
 }
 
+nlohmann::json utils::findByName(const std::string& name) {
+    for(auto type : settings::objectTypes) {
+        try {
+            return utils::loadJson(type, name);
+        } catch(std::exception& e) {} // eat.
+    }
+    throw std::invalid_argument("Could not find data matching: " + name);
+}
+
 void utils::saveJson(const nlohmann::json& data, const std::string& path) {
     std::ofstream f(path);
     f << std::setw(4) << data << std::endl;
@@ -103,3 +113,8 @@ std::string utils::toOrdinal(std::size_t number) {
     }
     return std::to_string(number) + suffix;
 }
+
+std::string utils::lower(std::string& in) {
+    std::transform(in.begin(), in.end(), in.begin(), ::tolower);
+    return in;
+}