New get_symbol util function
New get_symbol util function

This is used by the _load function in node_manager, but we want to use
it in other places now.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Tobar <bd955c861cbec2e41c0959cf13c7f573fa307e58@icrar.org>

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