Method getType

bwapi/include/BWAPI/Type.h:141–161

Searches for the type associated with the given string and returns it. A string containing the name of the type. @returns The type that resolves to the given name.

    /// </param>
    /// @returns The type that resolves to the given name.
    static T getType(std::string name)
    {
      // Mapping of strings to types
      static const typeMapT typeMap( typeMapInit() );

      // erase-remove idiom, eliminates spaces and underscores from the string to search
      name.erase( std::remove_if(name.begin(), name.end(), [](char const &c){ return isspace(c) || c == '_'; }), name.end() );

      // Make lowercase
      std::transform(name.begin(), name.end(), name.begin(),
        [](std::string::const_reference c) { return static_cast<char>(std::tolower(c)); }
      );

      // Find the type
      auto it = typeMap.find(name);
      if ( it != typeMap.end() )
        return it->second;

      // Return unknown if it wasn't found
      return T(UnknownId);
    };
  };

}