From 2a50dc50f714a2a49b4b19b9c1d2103d38d2c40b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ray Speth <speth@mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 23:36:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [Thermo] Add accessor for Species objects

---
 include/cantera/thermo/Phase.h | 3 +++
 src/thermo/Phase.cpp           | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/cantera/thermo/Phase.h b/include/cantera/thermo/Phase.h
index ece75da69..5a9fe873e 100644
--- a/include/cantera/thermo/Phase.h
+++ b/include/cantera/thermo/Phase.h
@@ -738,6 +738,9 @@ public:
                           doublereal charge = 0.0,
                           doublereal size = 1.0);
 
+    //! Return the Species object for the named species.
+    const Species& species(const std::string& name) const;
+
     //! Set behavior when adding a species containing undefined elements to just
     //! skip the species.
     void ignoreUndefinedElements();
diff --git a/src/thermo/Phase.cpp b/src/thermo/Phase.cpp
index 69f4d260c..56b03e9ac 100644
--- a/src/thermo/Phase.cpp
+++ b/src/thermo/Phase.cpp
@@ -946,6 +946,11 @@ void Phase::addUniqueSpecies(const std::string& name_, const doublereal* comp,
     addSpecies(name_, comp, charge_, size_);
 }
 
+const Species& Phase::species(const std::string& name) const
+{
+    return getValue(m_species, name);
+}
+
 void Phase::ignoreUndefinedElements() {
     m_undefinedElementBehavior = UndefElement::ignore;
 }