3 files changed, 51 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/xml/xml.c b/src/xml/xml.c
index ee3c879..7f101ee 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml.c
+++ b/src/xml/xml.c
@@ -58,3 +58,15 @@ char *kai_tag_attr_to_dup(struct kai_tag_t *t, const char *attr)
 		return strdup(val);
 	}
 }
+
+
+int kai_tag_num_children(struct kai_tag_t *t)
+{
+	int count = 0;
+	struct kai_tag_t *child = t->children;
+	while (child != NULL) {
+		count += 1;
+		child = child->next;
+	}
+	return count;
+}
diff --git a/src/xml/xml.h b/src/xml/xml.h
index 4766e2c..41d4006 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml.h
+++ b/src/xml/xml.h
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ long kai_tag_attr_to_long(
  */
 char *kai_tag_attr_to_dup(struct kai_tag_t *t, const char *attr);
 
+
+/* return the number of immediate children of a node */
+int kai_tag_num_children(struct kai_tag_t *t);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/xml/xml.test.c b/src/xml/xml.test.c
index d3b8360..58784be 100644
--- a/src/xml/xml.test.c
+++ b/src/xml/xml.test.c
@@ -71,5 +71,40 @@ LILY_TEST("duplicate xml attributes")
 #include LILY_PUSH_TEST()
 
 
+LILY_TEST("count xml tag children")
+{
+	struct kai_tag_t *t = kai_parse_string(
+		"<no_kids />"
+	);
+	int child_count = kai_tag_num_children(t);
+	CHECK_EQ(child_count, 0, "%d");
+	kai_tag_destroy(t);
+
+	t = kai_parse_string(
+		"<one_child>"
+		"	<child />"
+		"</one_child>"
+	);
+	child_count = kai_tag_num_children(t);
+	CHECK_EQ(child_count, 1, "%d");
+	kai_tag_destroy(t);
+
+	t = kai_parse_string(
+		"<six_kids>"
+		"	<child />"
+		"	<child />"
+		"	<child />"
+		"	<child />"
+		"	<child />"
+		"	<child />"
+		"</six_kids>"
+	);
+	child_count = kai_tag_num_children(t);
+	CHECK_EQ(child_count, 6, "%d");
+	kai_tag_destroy(t);
+}
+#include LILY_PUSH_TEST()
+
+
 #define LILY_FILE_END
 #include LILY_REGISTER_TESTS()