ENH: Added foundObjectRe function

src/OpenFOAM/db/objectRegistry/objectRegistry.H

@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ public:
             template<class Type>
             HashTable<Type*> lookupClass(const bool strict = false);
 
+            //- Return the list of objects whose name matches the input regExp
+            template<class Type>
+            wordList foundObjectRe(const wordRe& name) const;
+
             //- Is the named Type found?
             template<class Type>
             bool foundObject(const word& name) const;

src/OpenFOAM/db/objectRegistry/objectRegistryTemplates.C

@@ -127,6 +127,31 @@ bool Foam::objectRegistry::foundObject(const word& name) const
 }
 
 
+template<class Type>
+Foam::wordList Foam::objectRegistry::foundObjectRe(const wordRe& name) const
+{
+    wordList objectNames(size());
+
+    label count = 0;
+    forAllConstIter(HashTable<regIOobject*>, *this, iter)
+    {
+        if (isA<Type>(*iter()))
+        {
+            const word& objectName = iter()->name();
+
+            if (name.match(objectName))
+            {
+                objectNames[count++] = objectName;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    objectNames.setSize(count);
+
+    return objectNames;
+}
+
+
 template<class Type>
 const Type& Foam::objectRegistry::lookupObject(const word& name) const
 {