lib: adding device_addr_t constructor from map

Adding constructor for device_addr_t that takes a map<string, string>
as an argument.

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/host/include/uhd/types/device_addr.hpp b/host/include/uhd/types/device_addr.hpp
index dd60df2e7..b9d3659c0 100644
--- a/host/include/uhd/types/device_addr.hpp
+++ b/host/include/uhd/types/device_addr.hpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
+#include <map>
 
 namespace uhd{
 
@@ -43,6 +44,12 @@ namespace uhd{
         device_addr_t(const std::string &args = "");
 
         /*!
+         * Create a device address from a std::map
+         * \param info the device info map
+         */
+        device_addr_t(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &info);
+
+        /*!
          * Convert a device address into a pretty print string.
          * \return a printable string representing the device address
          */
diff --git a/host/lib/types/device_addr.cpp b/host/lib/types/device_addr.cpp
index 18376a8b8..65d265857 100644
--- a/host/lib/types/device_addr.cpp
+++ b/host/lib/types/device_addr.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ device_addr_t::device_addr_t(const std::string &args){
     }
 }
 
+device_addr_t::device_addr_t(const std::map<std::string, std::string> &info) {
+    for (auto& t : info) {
+        this->set(t.first, t.second);
+    }
+}
+
 std::string device_addr_t::to_pp_string(void) const{
     if (this->size() == 0) return "Empty Device Address";
 
diff --git a/host/tests/addr_test.cpp b/host/tests/addr_test.cpp
index 671715153..9819df1a5 100644
--- a/host/tests/addr_test.cpp
+++ b/host/tests/addr_test.cpp
@@ -75,3 +75,12 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_dboard_id){
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dboard_id_t::from_string("1234").to_uint16(), 1234);
     std::cout << "Pretty Print: " << std::endl << dboard_id_t::none().to_pp_string();
 }
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_map_device_addr){
+    std::map<std::string, std::string> dev_addr_map;
+    dev_addr_map["key1"] = "val1";
+    dev_addr_map["key2"] = "val2";
+    uhd::device_addr_t dev_addr(dev_addr_map);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dev_addr["key1"], "val1");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(dev_addr["key2"], "val2");
+}