From 820ef249cfb6c07fdb0996e63cbc0f49b2f80573 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ellis Percival <github.com@failcode.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:05:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Get element attributes dict without accessing private
 parameter _attributes

Is there a reason `_attributes` should not be publicly accessible? It's useful for me to get this out as a dict. I guess there's a reason to not allow external changes to `_attributes`, hence the copy().
---
 untangle.py | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/untangle.py b/untangle.py
index 1263056..3265330 100755
--- a/untangle.py
+++ b/untangle.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
  License: MIT License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 """
 import os
+from copy import copy
 from xml.sax import make_parser, handler
 try:
     from StringIO import StringIO
@@ -41,6 +42,14 @@ def __init__(self, name, attributes):
         self.children = []
         self.is_root = False
         self.cdata = ''
+        
+    @property
+    def attributes(self):
+        """
+        Access the element attributes as a dict.
+        Returns a copy of the dict to avoid mutation.
+        """
+        return copy(self._attributes)
 
     def add_child(self, element):
         """