1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/NodeType.java b/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/NodeType.java
index 0eac568ec45..ff2cb26f250 100644
--- a/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/NodeType.java
+++ b/config-provisioning/src/main/java/com/yahoo/config/provision/NodeType.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 package com.yahoo.config.provision;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * The possible types of nodes in the node repository
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ public enum NodeType {
     private final String description;
     private final List<NodeType> childNodeTypes;
 
+    public static Optional<NodeType> ofOptional(String name) {
+        for (var type : values()) {
+            if (type.name().equals(name)) return Optional.of(type);
+        }
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     NodeType(String description, NodeType... childNodeTypes) {
         this.childNodeTypes = List.of(childNodeTypes);
         this.description = description;