From fb8def107dc42d9c18377a0441ec5b44f77e0653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luca Heltai <luca.heltai@sissa.it>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 19:05:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added getters for Patterns::List

---
 include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h | 12 +++++++++++-
 source/base/parameter_handler.cc         | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h b/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
index f80fa5bbf6..6d9219ff99 100644
--- a/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
+++ b/include/deal.II/base/parameter_handler.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ DEAL_II_NAMESPACE_OPEN
 class LogStream;
 class MultipleParameterLoop;
 
-
 /**
  * Namespace for a few classes that act as patterns for the ParameterHandler
  * class. These classes implement an interface that checks whether a parameter
@@ -414,6 +413,17 @@ namespace Patterns
           const unsigned int  max_elements = max_int_value,
           const std::string  &separator = ",");
 
+
+    /**
+     * Return the internally stored separator.
+     */
+    const std::string &get_separator() const;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the internally stored base pattern.
+     */
+    const PatternBase &get_base_pattern() const;
+
     /**
      * Copy constructor.
      */
diff --git a/source/base/parameter_handler.cc b/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
index 1b27be4699..e5194e785c 100644
--- a/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
+++ b/source/base/parameter_handler.cc
@@ -599,6 +599,19 @@ namespace Patterns
   {}
 
 
+  const std::string &List::get_separator() const
+  {
+    return separator;
+  }
+
+
+
+  const PatternBase &List::get_base_pattern() const
+  {
+    return *pattern;
+  }
+
+
 
   bool List::match (const std::string &test_string_list) const
   {
-- 
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