check for elements with a given name

Author: tomvanmele

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+* Added `Model.has_element_with_name`.
+* Added `Model.find_element_with_name`.
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed

src/compas_model/models/model.py

@@ -290,6 +290,38 @@ def has_element(self, element: Element) -> bool:
         guid = str(element.guid)
         return guid in self._elements
 
+    def has_element_with_name(self, name: str) -> bool:
+        """Returns True if the model contains an element with the given name.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        name : str
+            The name to check.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        bool
+
+        """
+        return any(element.name == name for element in self.elements())
+
+    def find_element_with_name(self, name: str) -> Optional[Element]:
+        """Returns True if the model contains an element with the given name.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        name : str
+            The name to check.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        :class:`Element` or None
+
+        """
+        for element in self.elements():
+            if element.name == name:
+                return element
+
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