2 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/managed/Events.cpp b/src/core/managed/Events.cpp
index 6036e9d..0b1bad1 100644
--- a/src/core/managed/Events.cpp
+++ b/src/core/managed/Events.cpp
@@ -19,5 +19,21 @@
 #include "Events.hpp"
 
 namespace ousia {
+
+const char *EventHandlerDescriptor::getEventTypeName(EventType type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+		case EventType::UPDATE:
+			return "update";
+		case EventType::NAME_CHANGE:
+			return "name_change";
+		case EventType::ADD_CHILD:
+			return "add_child";
+		case EventType::DELETE_CHILD:
+			return "delete_child";
+	}
+	return "";
+}
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/managed/Events.hpp b/src/core/managed/Events.hpp
index 177824c..768f0aa 100644
--- a/src/core/managed/Events.hpp
+++ b/src/core/managed/Events.hpp
@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ struct EventHandlerDescriptor {
 	    : type(type), handler(handler), owner(owner), data(data)
 	{
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a human readable name of the given event type.
+	 */
+	static const char *getEventTypeName(EventType type);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the name of the current event type.
+	 */
+	const char *getEventTypeName() const {
+		return getEventTypeName(this->type);
+	}
 };
 }