1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/common/object/src/path.rs b/common/object/src/path.rs
index 0751ff0..4779cd5 100644
--- a/common/object/src/path.rs
+++ b/common/object/src/path.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 */
 
 use crate::{Object, Tag, TypedTag};
-use std::{fmt::Display, marker::PhantomData};
+use std::{fmt::Display, marker::PhantomData, str::FromStr};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct Path(pub Vec<Tag>);
@@ -48,3 +48,19 @@ impl Display for Path {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+impl FromStr for Path {
+    type Err = &'static str;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Self(
+            s.split(".")
+                .map(|e| {
+                    e.as_bytes()
+                        .try_into()
+                        .map_err(|_| "path component not 4 bytes")
+                        .map(Tag::new)
+                })
+                .collect::<Result<Vec<Tag>, &'static str>>()?,
+        ))
+    }
+}
+