config/lua: add simple layout API (#14258)

Adds a simple layout lua api

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/layout/algorithm/TiledAlgorithm.hpp b/src/layout/algorithm/TiledAlgorithm.hpp
index 99d1bd99..6905ac74 100644
--- a/src/layout/algorithm/TiledAlgorithm.hpp
+++ b/src/layout/algorithm/TiledAlgorithm.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #include "ModeAlgorithm.hpp"
 
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+
 namespace Layout {
 
     class ITarget;
@@ -16,6 +19,12 @@ namespace Layout {
 
         virtual SP<ITarget> getNextCandidate(SP<ITarget> old) = 0;
 
+        // Optional runtime layout name. Useful for generic adapter classes where
+        // typeid alone cannot identify the selected layout instance.
+        virtual std::optional<std::string> layoutName() const {
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+
       protected:
         ITiledAlgorithm() = default;
 
@@ -23,4 +32,4 @@ namespace Layout {
 
         friend class Layout::CAlgorithm;
     };
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}