3 files changed, 54 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 7699877bc..4a498cde8 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ set(SUBSURFACE_CORE_LIB_SRCS
 	parse.h
 	picture.c
 	picture.h
+	pictureobj.cpp
+	pictureobj.h
 	planner.c
 	planner.h
 	plannernotes.c
diff --git a/core/pictureobj.cpp b/core/pictureobj.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb6b32675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pictureobj.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "pictureobj.h"
+#include "qthelper.h"
+
+PictureObj::PictureObj() : offset({ 0 }), location({ 0 })
+{
+}
+
+PictureObj::PictureObj(const picture &pic) : filename(pic.filename), offset(pic.offset), location(pic.location)
+{
+}
+
+picture PictureObj::toCore() const
+{
+	return picture {
+		strdup(filename.c_str()),
+		offset,
+		location
+	};
+}
+
+bool PictureObj::operator<(const PictureObj &p2) const
+{
+	if (offset.seconds != p2.offset.seconds)
+		return offset.seconds < p2.offset.seconds;
+	return strcmp(filename.c_str(), p2.filename.c_str()) < 0;
+}
diff --git a/core/pictureobj.h b/core/pictureobj.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ea20259b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pictureobj.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#ifndef PICTUREOBJ_H
+#define PICTUREOBJ_H
+
+// A tiny helper class that represents a struct picture of the core
+// It does, however, keep the filename as a std::string so that C++ code
+// doesn't have do its own memory-management.
+
+#include "core/units.h"
+#include "core/picture.h"
+#include <string>
+
+struct PictureObj {
+	std::string filename;
+	offset_t offset;
+	location_t location;
+
+	PictureObj();			// Initialize to empty picture.
+	PictureObj(const picture &pic); // Create from core struct picture.
+	picture toCore() const;		// Turn into core structure. Caller responsible for freeing.
+	bool operator<(const PictureObj &p2) const;
+};
+
+#endif // PICTUREOBJ_H