From e7df54ca7517288527cd49f3a5fe40fc1edc663f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Randy Mackay <rmackay9@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 20:52:56 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] GCS_MAVLink: static find_by_mavtype method

---
 libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS.h b/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS.h
index f45b740fdf..a9ebbb8ab7 100644
--- a/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS.h
+++ b/libraries/GCS_MAVLink/GCS.h
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ public:
     */
     static void send_to_components(const mavlink_message_t* msg) { routing.send_to_components(msg); }
 
+    /*
+      search for a component in the routing table with given mav_type and retrieve it's sysid, compid and channel
+      returns if a matching component is found
+     */
+    static bool find_by_mavtype(uint8_t mav_type, uint8_t &sysid, uint8_t &compid, mavlink_channel_t &channel) { return routing.find_by_mavtype(mav_type, sysid, compid, channel); }
+
 private:
     void        handleMessage(mavlink_message_t * msg);