From 5a7176740ab8ed7c94692b254eed3d80a52f836a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gereon <gereon.kremer@rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 10:18:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] adding generic get() method for settings of arbitrary type

---
 src/utility/settings.h | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utility/settings.h b/src/utility/settings.h
index 647b869f1..be38fb28a 100644
--- a/src/utility/settings.h
+++ b/src/utility/settings.h
@@ -37,11 +37,19 @@ namespace settings {
 	{
 		public:
 		
+		/*!
+		 *	@brief Get value of a generic option.
+		 */
+		template <typename T>
+		const T& get(const std::string &name) const {
+			return this->vm[name].as<T>();
+		}
+		
 		/*!
 		 *	@brief Get value of string option
 		 */
 		const std::string& getString(const std::string &name) const {
-			return this->vm[name].as<std::string>();
+			return this->get<std::string>(name);
 		}
 		
 		/*!