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Only the Java Core part of Javolution library, with slight modifications for use in MSFTBX.

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/*
 * Javolution - Java(TM) Solution for Real-Time and Embedded Systems
 * Copyright (C) 2012 - Javolution (http://javolution.org/)
 * All rights reserved.
 * 
 * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software is
 * freely granted, provided that this notice is preserved.
 */
package javolution.xml;

import javolution.context.AbstractContext;
import javolution.context.FormatContext;
import javolution.osgi.internal.OSGiServices;
import javolution.text.TextFormat;

/**
 *  A context for XML parsing/formatting. This context provides 
 *     the {@link javolution.xml.XMLFormat XMLFormat} to parse/format objects
 *     of any class. If not superseded, the XML format for a class is specified
 *     by the {@link javolution.xml.DefaultXMLFormat DefaultXMLFormat} 
 *     annotation.
 *  A XML context always returns the most specialized format. If a class 
 *     has no default format annotation (inherited or not), then the default 
 *     {@link java.lang.Object} format (with "value" attribute is 
 *     parsed/formatted using {@link javolution.text.TextContext current 
 *     text format}) is returned. 
 *     A predefined format exists for the following standard types:
 *     

 *       java.lang.Object (attribute "value" parsed/formatted using {@link TextFormat})
 *       java.util.Collection
 *       java.util.Map
 *     
 *     
 * 
 * @author  Jean-Marie Dautelle
 * @version 6.0 December 12, 2012
 */
public abstract class XMLContext extends FormatContext {

     /**
     * Default constructor.
     */
    protected XMLContext() {}

    /**
     * Enters and returns a new xml context instance.
     */
    public static XMLContext enter() {
        return (XMLContext) XMLContext.currentXMLContext().enterInner();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the xml format for the specified type; if none defined 
     * the default object xml format (based on {@link TextFormat}) is returned.
     */
    public static  XMLFormat getFormat(Class type) {
        return XMLContext.currentXMLContext().searchFormat(type);
    }

    /**
     * Sets the xml format for the specified type (and its sub-types).
     */
    public abstract  void setFormat(Class type,
            XMLFormat format);

    /**
     * Searches the xml format for the specified type.
     */
    protected abstract  XMLFormat searchFormat(
            Class type);

    /**
     * Returns the current xml context.
     */
    private static XMLContext currentXMLContext() {
        XMLContext ctx = AbstractContext.current(XMLContext.class);
        if (ctx != null)
            return ctx;
        return OSGiServices.getXMLContext();
    }
}