Added setValue(string).

2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/headerField.cpp b/src/headerField.cpp
index 39809d23..5a3e0a62 100644
--- a/src/headerField.cpp
+++ b/src/headerField.cpp
@@ -107,4 +107,10 @@ const std::vector <const component*> headerField::getChildComponents() const
 }
 
 
+void headerField::setValue(const string& value)
+{
+	parse(value);
+}
+
+
 } // vmime
diff --git a/vmime/headerField.hpp b/vmime/headerField.hpp
index 42abd714..72c228a9 100644
--- a/vmime/headerField.hpp
+++ b/vmime/headerField.hpp
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ public:
 	  */
 	virtual void setValue(const component& value) = 0;
 
+	/** Set the value of this field given a character string.
+	  *
+	  * @param value value string to parse
+	  */
+	void setValue(const string& value);
+
 
 	using component::parse;
 	using component::generate;