commit d49b84bf518635bba53630e3077a429dff3517f6
Author: Daniel Swanson <popcorn.tomato.dude@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 11 11:38:29 2021 -0500

    another helper (not symmetric - should probably fix that)

diff --git a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
index eb5da81..055e962 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
+++ b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
@@ -46,6 +46,24 @@ XMLParseUtil::attrib(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, UString const& name, const UString
   }
 }
 
+std::string
+XMLParseUtil::attrib_str(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, const UString& name)
+{
+  std::string temp;
+  temp.reserve(name.size());
+  utf8::utf16to8(name.begin(), name.end(), std::back_inserter(temp));
+  const xmlChar *attrname = reinterpret_cast<const xmlChar*>(temp.c_str());
+  xmlChar *myattr = xmlTextReaderGetAttribute(reader, attrname);
+  if(myattr == NULL) {
+    xmlFree(myattr);
+    return "";
+  } else {
+    std::string result = reinterpret_cast<char*>(myattr);
+    xmlFree(myattr);
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+
 UString
 XMLParseUtil::readName(xmlTextReaderPtr reader)
 {
diff --git a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.h b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.h
index a9b5c3c..9409cdd 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.h
+++ b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <lttoolbox/ustring.h>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ public:
   /* If attrib does not exist (or other error), returns fallback: */
   static UString attrib(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, UString const &name, const UString& fallback);
 
+  static string attrib_str(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, const UString& name);
+
   static UString readName(xmlTextReaderPtr reader);
   static UString readValue(xmlTextReaderPtr reader);
   static void readValueInto32(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, vector<int32_t>& vec);