3 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/ldapschema.h b/include/ldapschema.h
index 701cc64..50e60cd 100644
--- a/include/ldapschema.h
+++ b/include/ldapschema.h
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ ldapschema_printall(
          LDAPSchema *                  lsd,
          int                           type );
 
+_LDAPSCHEMA_F
+const char *
+ldapschema_type_name(
+         uint32_t                      type );
+
 
 //-----------------//
 // query functions //
diff --git a/lib/libldapschema/libldapschema.sym b/lib/libldapschema/libldapschema.sym
index 6f22518..dc1f0d9 100644
--- a/lib/libldapschema/libldapschema.sym
+++ b/lib/libldapschema/libldapschema.sym
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ ldapschema_spec_abnf
 ldapschema_spec_field
 ldapschema_spec_list
 ldapschema_spec_search
+ldapschema_type_name
 # output functions
 ldapschema_print
 ldapschema_printall
diff --git a/lib/libldapschema/lspec.c b/lib/libldapschema/lspec.c
index bdaadcb..ece78fd 100644
--- a/lib/libldapschema/lspec.c
+++ b/lib/libldapschema/lspec.c
@@ -250,4 +250,19 @@ const LDAPSchemaSpec * ldapschema_spec_search(const char * oid)
 }
 
 
+const char * ldapschema_type_name(uint32_t type)
+{
+   switch(type)
+   {
+      case LDAPSCHEMA_ATTRIBUTETYPE: return("attributeType");
+      case LDAPSCHEMA_MATCHINGRULE:  return("matchingRule");
+      case LDAPSCHEMA_OBJECTCLASS:   return("objectClass");
+      case LDAPSCHEMA_SYNTAX:        return("ldapSyntax");
+      default:
+      break;
+   };
+   return(NULL);
+}
+
+
 /* end of source file */