+void
+IO::prepare_for_reset (XMLNode& node, const std::string& name)
+{
+ /* reset name */
+ node.add_property ("name", name);
+
+ /* now find connections and reset the name of the port
+ in one so that when we re-use it it will match
+ the name of the thing we're applying it to.
+ */
+
+ XMLProperty* prop;
+ XMLNodeList children = node.children();
+
+ for (XMLNodeIterator i = children.begin(); i != children.end(); ++i) {
+
+ if ((*i)->name() == "Port") {
+
+ prop = (*i)->property (X_("name"));
+
+ if (prop) {
+ string new_name;
+ string old = prop->value();
+ string::size_type slash = old.find ('/');
+
+ if (slash != string::npos) {
+ /* port name is of form: <IO-name>/<port-name> */
+
+ new_name = name;
+ new_name += old.substr (old.find ('/'));
+
+ prop->set_value (new_name);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+