From aee0be0d0605d98c411c4c042be70d66503c6215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:24:21 -0400
Subject: ob_validate_section(): New function

---
(limited to 'lib/metadata.sh')

diff --git a/lib/metadata.sh b/lib/metadata.sh
index 44fc427..dac8105 100644
--- a/lib/metadata.sh
+++ b/lib/metadata.sh
@@ -335,6 +335,23 @@ ob_get_system_path()
 	return 0
 }
 
+## @brief Validate a section name
+## @details \fBob_validate_section\fP() validates a package archive section name
+##          against the list in the metadata plugin selected at libopkbuild's
+##          build time.
+## @operand section req The section name to validate.
+## @return Returns 0 if valid or 1 if invalid.
+## @pure yes This function has no side effects.
+ob_validate_section()
+{
+	local section="${1}"
+	shift 1 || _ob_abort
+
+	_ob_metadata_do 'validate_section' "${section}" || return ${?}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
 ## @brief Get a possibly architecture-qualified package name
 ## @details \fBob_qualify_package_name\fP() qualifies the name of a binary
 ##          package with the host architecture if the package is in a section
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