adding function for more easily retrieving element

rice-solar-physics · Sep 7, 2016 · 0f48c8b · 0f48c8b
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diff --git a/source/xmlreader.cpp b/source/xmlreader.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ std::string get_element_text(tinyxml2::XMLElement *root,std::string search_value
 	return checked_result->GetText();
 }
 
+tinyxml2::XMLElement * get_element(tinyxml2::XMLElement *root,std::string search_value)
+{
+	tinyxml2::XMLElement * result = recursive_read(root,search_value);
+	tinyxml2::XMLElement * checked_result = check_element(result,search_value);
+	return checked_result;
+}
+
 tinyxml2::XMLElement * check_element(tinyxml2::XMLElement *result,std::string search_value)
 {
 	if(result != NULL)

diff --git a/source/xmlreader.h b/source/xmlreader.h
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
 #include "../tinyxml2/tinyxml2.h"
 
 std::string get_element_text(tinyxml2::XMLElement *, std::string);
+tinyxml2::XMLElement * get_element(tinyxml2::XMLElement *, std::string);
 tinyxml2::XMLElement * recursive_read(tinyxml2::XMLElement *, std::string);
 tinyxml2::XMLElement * check_element(tinyxml2::XMLElement *, std::string);