If frame named “xyz” exists, then switch to that frame

Question

Could someone please give me hand with a function that detects whether a frame named "xyz" exists, and if so, then switch to that frame. I'm using frame-cmds to give each frame a user-defined name:  http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/frame-cmds.el

I would imagine it is similar to a buffer, but I'm not finding anything on Google. Here is the buffer function:

(defun buffer-exists (bufname)
    (not (eq nil (get-buffer bufname))))

(defun lawlist-switch-to-buffer-xyz ()
(interactive)
    (if (buffer-exists "xyz")
        (switch-to-buffer "xyz") ))

Here is a semi-related post:  https://superuser.com/questions/358037/emacsclient-create-a-frame-if-a-frame-does-not-exist

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EDIT (September 15, 2014):  Modified the function ido-switch-frame to make frame-to a let-bound variable, and removed the message. Removed previous edits as the functions get-a-frame and get-frame-name written by Drew Adams are sufficient when used in conjunction with select-frame-set-input-focus -- see his answer below.

(defun ido-switch-frame ()
(interactive)
  (when (not (minibufferp))
    (let* (
        (frames (frame-list))
        (frame-to (ido-completing-read "Select Frame:  "
          (mapcar (lambda (frame) (frame-parameter frame 'name)) frames))))
      (catch 'break
        (while frames
          (let ((frame (car frames)))
            (if (equal (frame-parameter frame 'name) frame-to)
              (throw 'break (select-frame-set-input-focus frame))
              (setq frames (cdr frames)))))))))

Answer 1

There may be more elegant solutions but this gets the job done:

(defun switch-to-frame (frame-name)
  (interactive "sFrame name:")
  (let ((frames (frame-list)))
    (catch 'break
      (while frames
        (let ((frame (car frames)))
          (if (equal (frame-parameter frame 'name) frame-name)
              (throw 'break (select-frame-set-input-focus frame))
            (setq frames (cdr frames))))))))

Answer 2

1. Wrt your request for "a function that detects whether a frame named "xyz" exists": You already have that, since you say you are using frame-cmds.el, which requires frame-fns.el --- Function get-a-frame does just that.

2. Icicles provides multi-command icicle-select-frame, which lets you choose frames by name using completion.