2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.c b/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.c
index 61c696bc1..a45a68aaf 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.c
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.c
@@ -277,6 +277,16 @@ void array_insert_create(array_t **array, int idx, void *ptr)
 	array_insert(*array, idx, ptr);
 }
 
+void array_insert_create_value(array_t **array, u_int esize,
+							   int idx, void *val)
+{
+	if (*array == NULL)
+	{
+		*array = array_create(esize, 0);
+	}
+	array_insert(*array, idx, val);
+}
+
 void array_insert_enumerator(array_t *array, int idx, enumerator_t *enumerator)
 {
 	void *ptr;
diff --git a/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.h b/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.h
index 0659c70bd..c3be1a15d 100644
--- a/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.h
+++ b/src/libstrongswan/collections/array.h
@@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ void array_insert(array_t *array, int idx, void *data);
 void array_insert_create(array_t **array, int idx, void *ptr);
 
 /**
+ * Create a value based array if it does not exist, insert value.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience function to insert a value and implicitly
+ * create a value based array if array is NULL. Array is set the the newly
+ * created array, if any.
+ *
+ * @param array			pointer to array reference, potentially NULL
+ * @param esize			element size of this array
+ * @param idx			index to insert item at
+ * @param val			pointer to value to insert
+ */
+void array_insert_create_value(array_t **array, u_int esize,
+							   int idx, void *val);
+
+/**
  * Insert all items from an enumerator to an array.
  *
  * @param array			array to add items to