Get rapidxml xml_node children in std::vector

rapidxml::xml_node_get_children

namespace rapidxml {
	//I even managed to create it as a template, though I don't understand templates at all
	template <class T>
	vector<xml_node<T>*> xml_node_get_children(xml_node<T>* node, const char* filter = NULL) {
		//This will be returned
		vector<xml_node<T>*> children;
        for (xml_node<T> *child = node->first_node(); child; child = child->next_sibling())
        {
			//If filter is ON, only tag name EXACT MATCHES are included
			if(filter==NULL || strcmp(filter, child->name())==0)
              children.push_back(child);
        }
		return children;
	}
}