diff --git a/segpy/util.py b/segpy/util.py
index 9649071..3534ee9 100644
--- a/segpy/util.py
+++ b/segpy/util.py
@@ -446,4 +446,32 @@ def ensure_superset(superset, subset):
         if not is_superset(superset, subset):
             raise ValueError("subset_or_slice {!r} is not a subset of all_items {!r}"
                              .format(subset, superset))
-        return subset
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+        return subset
+
+def true(*args, **kwargs):
+    return True
+
+
+def collect_attributes(derived_class, base_class=object, predicate=None):
+    """
+
+    Args:
+        derived_class: The class at which to start searching.
+        base_class: The class at which to stop searching
+        predicate: A predicate which accepts
+
+    Returns:
+        A generator of items containing the (class, attribute_name)
+    """
+    # TODO: Consider using the inspect module to do this
+    if predicate is None:
+        predicate = true
+
+    for cls in derived_class.__mro__:
+        for key, value in vars(cls).items():
+            if predicate(key, value):
+                yield cls, key, value
+        if cls is base_class:
+            break
+
+