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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# ####################################################################
+#  Copyright (C) 2005-2009 by the FIFE team
+#  http://www.fifengine.de
+#  This file is part of FIFE.
+#
+#  FIFE is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+#  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+#  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+#  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+#  License along with this library; if not, write to the
+#  Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+# ####################################################################
+
+# Loader interface for FIFE's native xml format.
+
+from fife import fife
+
+from fife.extensions.serializers.xmlmap import XMLMapLoader
+from fife.extensions.serializers import WrongFileType, NameClash
+
+from fife.extensions.serializers.xmlobject import XMLObjectLoader
+
+fileExtensions = ('xml',)
+
+def loadMapFile(path, engine, callback=None):
+	""" load map file and get (an optional) callback if major stuff is done:
+	- map creation
+	- parsed imports
+	- parsed layers 
+	- parsed cameras
+	the callback will send both a string and a float (which shows
+	the overall process), callback(string, float)
+		
+	@return	map	: map object
+	"""
+	map_loader = XMLMapLoader(engine, callback)
+	map = map_loader.loadResource(fife.ResourceLocation(path))
+	print "--- Loading map took: ", map_loader.time_to_load, " seconds."
+	return map
+
+
+def loadImportFile(path, engine):
+	object_loader = XMLObjectLoader(engine.getImagePool(), engine.getAnimationPool(), engine.getModel(), engine.getVFS())
+	res = None
+	try:
+		res = object_loader.loadResource(fife.ResourceLocation(path))
+		print 'imported object file ' + path
+	except WrongFileType:
+		pass
+#		print 'ignored non-object file ' + path
+	except NameClash:
+		pass
+#		print 'ignored already loaded file ' + path
+	return res
+
+def loadImportDir(path, engine):
+	for file in filter(lambda f: f.split('.')[-1] == 'xml', engine.getVFS().listFiles(path)):
+		loadImportFile('/'.join([path, file]), engine)
+
+def loadImportDirRec(path, engine):
+	loadImportDir(path, engine)
+
+	for dir in filter(lambda d: not d.startswith('.'), engine.getVFS().listDirectories(path)):
+		loadImportDirRec('/'.join([path, dir]), engine)