From b39c02d1ec8f7a199238f83ca4a9e702adb8a1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Polis <rpb.polis@avans.nl>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 18:13:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added specialisation for get for strings

---
 src/config_file.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 src/config_file.hpp | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/config_file.cpp b/src/config_file.cpp
index 7230725..6ce0ee8 100644
--- a/src/config_file.cpp
+++ b/src/config_file.cpp
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ std::string sc::config_file::path_for_file_name(const std::string& file_name) {
 bool sc::config_file::get(const std::string& key, bool default_value) const {
     return get<std::string>(key, default_value ? "yes" : "no") == "yes";
 }
+
+std::string sc::config_file::get(const std::string& key,
+                                 const std::string& default_value) const {
+    auto it = _cfg.find(key);
+    if (it == _cfg.end()) {
+        return default_value;
+    }
+    return it->second;
+}
diff --git a/src/config_file.hpp b/src/config_file.hpp
index cbd030d..11b341d 100644
--- a/src/config_file.hpp
+++ b/src/config_file.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ namespace sc {
                 return sc::from_string<T>(it->second);
             }
 
+            std::string get(const std::string& key,
+                            const std::string& default_value) const;
             bool get(const std::string& key, bool default_value) const;
 
         private: