From ad456c3725cbdcd6a968a62fa9e6ee2f9ae8859f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gremat <50012463+gremat@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 17:51:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add log object type search that ignores case

---
 thorlog/v3/objectlist.go | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/thorlog/v3/objectlist.go b/thorlog/v3/objectlist.go
index d41da04..80522a3 100644
--- a/thorlog/v3/objectlist.go
+++ b/thorlog/v3/objectlist.go
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
 package thorlog
 
-import "github.com/NextronSystems/jsonlog"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/NextronSystems/jsonlog"
+)
 
 // LogObjectTypes is a map of all log object types. Each log object type must be registered using AddLogObjectType.
 var LogObjectTypes = map[string]jsonlog.Object{}
 
+// FindLogObjectType looks up a log object type by name, ignoring case. It
+// returns the correctly-folded name (with which the type can be found in
+// LogObjectTypes) and true if found, or "" and false if not found.
+func FindLogObjectType(name string) (string, bool) {
+	for registeredName := range LogObjectTypes {
+		if strings.EqualFold(registeredName, name) {
+			return registeredName, true
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
 // AddLogObjectType registers a new log object type. It panics if a log object type with the same name is already registered.
 func AddLogObjectType(name string, obj jsonlog.Object) {
 	if _, ok := LogObjectTypes[name]; ok {