Transferring Data from a Single XML Stream into Multiple Tables with One Forward-Only Read

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System;

namespace Rob.Utils
{
    public static class XmlUtils
    {
        #region Public Methods
        public static string readAttribute(XElement element, string attribute)
        {
            return readAttribute<string>(element, attribute, val => val);
        }

        public static T readAttribute<T>(XElement element, string attribute, Func<string, T> translator)
        {
            return readAttribute<T>(element, attribute, default(T), translator);
        }

        public static T readAttribute<T>(XElement element, string attribute, T defaultValue, Func<string, T> translator)
        {
            if (element.Attribute(attribute) != null)
                return translator(element.Attribute(attribute).Value);
            else
                return defaultValue;
        }

        public static IEnumerable<XElement> readChildren(XElement element, XName childName)
        {
            foreach (XElement child in element.Elements().Where(child => child.Name.Equals(childName)))
                yield return child;
        }
        #endregion
    }
}