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diff --git a/src/xml.cc b/src/xml.cc
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+#include "xml.h"
+
+XMLFile::XMLFile (string file, string root_id)
+{
+	xmlpp::DomParser parser;
+	parser.parse_file (file);
+	if (!parser) {
+		throw XMLError ("could not parse XML");
+	}
+
+	_root = parser.get_document()->get_root_node ();
+	if (_root->get_name() != root_id) {
+		throw XMLError ("unrecognised root node");
+	}
+}
+
+string
+XMLFile::string_tag (string id)
+{
+	stringstream x;
+	x << _root->get_name() << "/" << id;
+	xmlpp::NodeSet n = _root->find (x.str ());
+	if (n.empty ()) {
+		throw XMLError ("missing XML tag");
+	} else if (n.size() > 1) {
+		throw XMLError ("duplicate XML tag");
+	}
+
+	xml::Node::NodeList c = n.front()->get_children ();
+	if (c.empty() 
+	    
+
+	return n.front()->get_name ();
+}