From 48224892e1d2e4bf2a909c5e2876bdc916ba38b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Barker <pbarker@barker.dropbear.id.au>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 13:33:29 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] autotest: add a get_cached_message method

saves looking up where to get these from all the time
---
 Tools/autotest/common.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Tools/autotest/common.py b/Tools/autotest/common.py
index 66f15a25f1..6d7f804ce2 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/common.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/common.py
@@ -7247,6 +7247,10 @@ class AutoTest(ABC):
         raise WaitWaypointTimeout("Timed out waiting for waypoint %u of %u" %
                                   (wpnum_end, wpnum_end))
 
+    def get_cached_message(self, message_type):
+        '''returns the most-recently received instance of message_type'''
+        return self.mav.messages[message_type]
+
     def mode_is(self, mode, cached=False, drain_mav=True):
         if not cached:
             self.wait_heartbeat(drain_mav=drain_mav)