gethoudinistring

static std::string get_houdini_string(HAPI_StringHandle stringHandle)
{
    int nameStrLen;
    HAPI_GetStringBufLength(NULL, stringHandle, &nameStrLen);
    std::vector<char> nameBuf(nameStrLen);
    HAPI_GetString(NULL, stringHandle, nameBuf.data(), nameStrLen);
    std::string name(nameBuf.data());

    return name;
}