Re #6771 added pathOfType method

Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/inc/MantidKernel/HDFDescriptor.h

@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ namespace Mantid
       bool pathExists(const std::string& path) const;
       /// Query if a path exists of a given type
       bool pathOfTypeExists(const std::string& path, const std::string &type) const;
+      /// return the path of a given type
+      std::string pathOfType(const std::string & type);
       /// Query if a given type exists somewhere in the file
       bool classTypeExists(const std::string & classType) const;
 

Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/HDFDescriptor.cpp

@@ -165,6 +165,20 @@ namespace Mantid
       else return false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param type A string specifying the required type
+     * @return path A string giving a path using UNIX-style path separators (/), e.g. /raw_data_1, /entry/bank1
+     */
+	std::string HDFDescriptor::pathOfType(const std::string & type) {
+		auto iend = m_pathsToTypes.end();
+		for (auto it = m_pathsToTypes.begin(); it != iend; ++it) {
+			if (type == it->second)
+				return  it->first;
+		}
+		return  "";
+	}
+
+
     /**
      * @param classType A string name giving a class type
      * @return True if the type exists in the file, false otherwise