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//* Copyright (c) Egret-Labs.org. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,
//* to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
//* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
//* without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute,
//* sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom
//* the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//*
//* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
//* in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//*
//* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
//* INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
//* PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE
//* FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
//* ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
//*/
//
////import sax = require("../../lib/sax");
//import * as sax from "sax";
//var saxparser = sax.parser(true,null);
//
//export function parse(xmlString): any {
//    var object:any = null;
//    var namespaces = {};
//    var hasError = false;
//    saxparser.resume();
//    saxparser.onerror = function (err) {
//        hasError = true;
//    };
//    saxparser.onopentag = function (node: any) {
//        node.nodeType = 1;
//        var attribs = node.attributes;
//        delete node["attributes"];
//        for (var key in attribs) {
//            index = key.indexOf("xmlns:");
//            if (index == 0) {
//                var prefix:string = key.substring(6);
//                var uri = attribs[key];
//                namespaces[prefix] = uri;
//                delete attribs[key];
//            }
//            else {
//                node["$" + key] = attribs[key];
//            }
//        }
//        node.text = "";
//        node.toString = toString;
//        var name = node.name;
//        var index = name.indexOf(":");
//        if (index == -1) {
//            node.namespace = "";
//            node.prefix = "";
//            node.localName = name;
//        } else {
//            var prefix:string = name.substring(0, index);
//            node.prefix = prefix;
//            node.namespace = namespaces[prefix];
//            node.localName = name.substring(index + 1);
//        }
//        if (object) {
//            var children = object.children;
//            if (!children) {
//                children = object.children = [];
//                if (object.text) {
//                    object.text = "";
//                }
//            }
//            children.push(node);
//            node.parent = object;
//            object = node;
//        } else {
//            object = node;
//        }
//    };
//
//    saxparser.onclosetag = function (node) {
//        if (object.parent)
//            object = object.parent;
//    };
//
//    saxparser.oncdata = function (cdata) {
//        if (object && !object.children) {
//            object.nodeType = 3;
//            object.text = cdata;
//        }
//    };
//
//    saxparser.ontext = function (text) {
//        if (object && !object.text && !object.children) {
//            object.nodeType = 3;
//            object.text = text;
//        }
//    };
//
//    saxparser.write(xmlString).close();
//
//    if (hasError) {
//        return null;
//    } else {
//        return object;
//    }
//};
//
//function toString() {
//    return this.text;
//};
//
////export = { parse: parse };