1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/user_channel/channel_mgmt.hpp b/user_channel/channel_mgmt.hpp
index 35bb494..80bd6d9 100644
--- a/user_channel/channel_mgmt.hpp
+++ b/user_channel/channel_mgmt.hpp
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <sdbusplus/bus.hpp>
+#include <variant>
 
 namespace ipmi
 {
 
 using Json = nlohmann::json;
 
-using DbusVariant =
-    sdbusplus::message::variant<std::vector<std::string>, std::string, bool>;
+using DbusVariant = std::variant<std::vector<std::string>, std::string, bool>;
 
 using DbusChObjProperties = std::vector<std::pair<std::string, DbusVariant>>;
 
@@ -105,6 +105,18 @@ class ChannelConfig
      */
     std::string getChannelName(const uint8_t chNum);
 
+    /** @brief function to get channel number from channel name
+     *
+     *  @param[in] chName - channel name
+     *
+     *  @return network channel interface number
+     */
+
+    uint8_t getChannelByName(const std::string& chName)
+    {
+        return convertToChannelNumberFromChannelName(chName);
+    }
+
     /** @brief determines supported session type of a channel
      *
      *  @param[in] chNum - channel number
@@ -212,14 +224,6 @@ class ChannelConfig
      */
     CommandPrivilege convertToPrivLimitIndex(const std::string& value);
 
-    /** @brief function to convert channel number to channel index
-     *
-     *  @param[in] chNum - channel number
-     *
-     *  @return channel index
-     */
-    uint8_t convertToChannelIndexNumber(const uint8_t chNum);
-
     /** @brief function to write persistent channel configuration to config file
      *
      *  @return 0 for success, -errno for failure.