--- a/src/XercesStringConvertor.h	Fri Jan 11 16:20:25 2019 +0100
+++ b/src/XercesStringConvertor.h	Fri Jan 11 17:41:56 2019 +0100
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 public:
 
-	string_t toString(const XMLCh * const chars) {
+	string_t toString(const XMLCh* const chars) {
 		// XMLCh = char16_t
 		// „All XML data is handled within Xerces-C++ as strings of XMLCh characters. Regardless of the size of the type chosen, the data stored in variables of type XMLCh will always be utf-16 encoded values.“
 		// see https://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/program-others-3.html
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
 		XMLString::release(&x);
 		return convertor.from_bytes(s);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string
+	 * @return Xerces string. Must be released manually after use, see XMLString::release().
+	 */
+	XMLCh* toXercesString(string_t string) {
+		return XMLString::transcode(convertor.to_bytes(string).c_str());
+	}
 };
 
 }