1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/qobject/qstring.c b/qobject/qstring.c
index 5777f0af23..afca54b47a 100644
--- a/qobject/qstring.c
+++ b/qobject/qstring.c
@@ -127,6 +127,17 @@ const char *qstring_get_try_str(const QString *qstring)
 }
 
 /**
+ * qobject_get_try_str(): Return a pointer to the corresponding string
+ *
+ * NOTE: the string will only be returned if the object is valid, and
+ * its type is QString, otherwise NULL is returned.
+ */
+const char *qobject_get_try_str(const QObject *qstring)
+{
+    return qstring_get_try_str(qobject_to(QString, qstring));
+}
+
+/**
  * qstring_is_equal(): Test whether the two QStrings are equal
  */
 bool qstring_is_equal(const QObject *x, const QObject *y)