--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/engine/extensions/serializers/xmlanimation.py	Sun Jun 29 18:44:17 2008 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import fife
+from serializers import *
+
+class XMLAnimationLoader(fife.ResourceLoader):
+	def __init__(self, imagepool, vfs):
+		fife.ResourceLoader.__init__(self)
+		self.imagepool = imagepool
+		self.vfs = vfs
+		self.thisown = 0
+		self.filename = ''
+		self.node = None
+	
+	def loadResource(self, location):
+		self.filename = location.getFilename()
+		return self.do_load_resource()
+
+	def do_load_resource(self):
+		f = self.vfs.open(self.filename)
+		f.thisown = 1
+		tree = ET.parse(f)
+		self.node = tree.getroot()
+		
+		animation = fife.Animation()
+		common_frame_delay = int(self.node.get('delay', 0))
+		x_offset = int(self.node.get('x_offset', 0))
+		y_offset = int(self.node.get('y_offset', 0))
+		animation.setActionFrame(int(self.node.get('action', 0)))
+		
+		frames = self.node.findall('frame')
+		if not frames:
+			raise InvalidFormat('animation without <frame>s')
+		
+		for frame in frames:
+			source = frame.get('source')
+			if not source:
+				raise InvalidFormat('animation without <frame>s')
+
+			frame_x_offset = int(frame.get('x_offset', x_offset))
+			frame_y_offset = int(frame.get('y_offset', y_offset))
+			frame_delay = int(frame.get('delay', common_frame_delay))
+
+			# xml paths are relative to the directory of the file they're used in.
+			path = self.filename.split('/')
+			path.pop()
+			path.append(str(source))
+
+			image = self.imagepool.getImage(self.imagepool.addResourceFromFile('/'.join(path)))
+			image.setXShift(frame_x_offset)
+			image.setYShift(frame_y_offset)
+			animation.addFrame(image, frame_delay);
+
+		animation.thisown = 0
+		return animation