bt2: add create_plugin_from_name()

[babeltrace.git] / bindings / python / bt2 / plugin.py

diff --git a/bindings/python/bt2/plugin.py b/bindings/python/bt2/plugin.py
index 1f71c126b833a9bb638140926c14a38262bad143..9ce4c53a61ab3f228209e2df40ba03324af388d9 100644 (file)
--- a/bindings/python/bt2/plugin.py
+++ b/bindings/python/bt2/plugin.py
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ def create_plugins_from_dir(path, recurse=True):
     return _plugin_ptrs_to_plugins(plugin_ptrs)
 
 
+def create_plugin_from_name(name):
+    utils._check_str(name)
+    plugin_ptr = native_bt.plugin_create_from_name(name)
+
+    if plugin_ptr is None:
+        return
+
+    return _Plugin._create_from_ptr(plugin_ptr)
+
+
 class _PluginVersion:
     def __init__(self, major, minor, patch, extra):
         self._major = major