error utils: Add sdb_error_parse_priority().

diff --git a/src/include/utils/error.h b/src/include/utils/error.h
index 49034eb2544381061583c33d4174e9fb9089e80e..ae653af2ce6250ea75a039def23b3fac1d6b7ddd 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/utils/error.h
+++ b/src/include/utils/error.h
@@ -131,6 +131,17 @@ sdb_error_get(void);
 int
 sdb_error_get_prio(void);
 
+/*
+ * sdb_error_parse_priority:
+ * Parse the name of a log priority.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - the numeric log priority on success
+ *  - a negative value else
+ */
+int
+sdb_error_parse_priority(char *prio);
+
 /*
  * sdb_strerror:
  * This is a wrapper around the system's strerror function which ensures that

diff --git a/src/utils/error.c b/src/utils/error.c
index f940be6d232b05eb5eceff1b08f6aa13d62642ac..2bc99013ebe719199b7f53b2665f5e43dd7a95ae 100644 (file)
--- a/src/utils/error.c
+++ b/src/utils/error.c
@@ -276,6 +276,24 @@ sdb_error_get_prio(void)
        return ctx->prio;
 } /* sdb_error_get_prio */
 
+int
+sdb_error_parse_priority(char *prio)
+{
+       if (! strcasecmp(prio, "EMERG"))
+               return SDB_LOG_EMERG;
+       else if (! strcasecmp(prio, "ERROR"))
+               return SDB_LOG_ERR;
+       else if (! strcasecmp(prio, "WARNING"))
+               return SDB_LOG_WARNING;
+       else if (! strcasecmp(prio, "NOTICE"))
+               return SDB_LOG_NOTICE;
+       else if (! strcasecmp(prio, "INFO"))
+               return SDB_LOG_INFO;
+       else if (! strcasecmp(prio, "DEBUG"))
+               return SDB_LOG_DEBUG;
+       return -1;
+} /* sdb_error_parse_priority */
+
 char *
 sdb_strerror(int errnum, char *strerrbuf, size_t buflen)
 {