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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
+# ####################################################################
+
+import fife, sys, os
+from traceback import print_exc
+
+__all__ = ('ET', 'SerializerError', 'InvalidFormat', 'WrongFileType', 'NameClash', 'NotFound', 'warn', 'root_subfile', 'reverse_root_subfile')
+
+try:
+	import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
+except:
+	import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+class SerializerError(Exception):
+	pass
+
+class InvalidFormat(SerializerError):
+	pass
+
+class WrongFileType(SerializerError):
+	pass
+
+class NameClash(SerializerError):
+	pass
+
+class NotFound(SerializerError):
+	pass
+
+def warn(self, msg):
+	print 'Warning (%s): %s' % (self.filename, msg)
+
+def root_subfile(masterfile, subfile):
+	'''
+	Returns new path for given subfile (path), which is rooted against masterfile
+	E.g. if masterfile is ./../foo/bar.xml and subfile is ./../foo2/subfoo.xml,
+	returned path is ../foo2/subfoo.xml
+	NOTE: masterfile is expected to be *file*, not directory. subfile can be either
+	'''
+	s = '/'
+
+	masterfile = norm_path(os.path.abspath(masterfile))
+	subfile = norm_path(os.path.abspath(subfile))
+
+	master_fragments = masterfile.split(s)
+	sub_fragments = subfile.split(s)
+
+	master_leftovers = []
+	sub_leftovers = []
+
+	for i in xrange(len(master_fragments)):
+		try:
+			if master_fragments[i] == sub_fragments[i]:
+				master_leftovers = master_fragments[i+1:]
+				sub_leftovers = sub_fragments[i+1:]
+		except IndexError:
+			break
+
+	pathstr = ''
+	for f in master_leftovers[:-1]:
+		pathstr += '..' + s
+	pathstr += s.join(sub_leftovers)
+	return pathstr
+
+def reverse_root_subfile(masterfile, subfile):
+	'''
+	does inverse operation to root_subfile. E.g. 
+	E.g. if masterfile is ./../foo/bar.xml and subfile is ../foo2/subfoo.xml,
+	returned path ./../foo2/subfoo.xml
+	Usually this function is used to convert saved paths into engine relative paths
+	NOTE: masterfile is expected to be *file*, not directory. subfile can be either
+	'''
+	s = '/'
+
+	masterfile = norm_path(os.path.abspath(masterfile)).split(s)[:-1]
+	subfile = norm_path(os.path.abspath( s.join(masterfile) + s + subfile ))
+	masterfile = norm_path(os.getcwd()) + s + 'foo.bar' # cheat a little to satisfy root_subfile
+	return root_subfile(masterfile, subfile)
+
+def norm_path(path):
+	'''
+	Makes the path use '/' delimited separators. FIFE always uses these delimiters, but some os-related
+  routines will default to os.path.sep.
+	'''
+	if os.path.sep == '/':
+		return path
+
+	return '/'.join(path.split(os.path.sep))