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+// Copyright (c) 2011 AlphaSierraPapa for the SharpDevelop Team
+// 
+// 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.
+
+using System;
+using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+using ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit.Highlighting;
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TextView;
+using ICSharpCode.ILSpy.TreeNodes;
+using Mono.Cecil;
+
+namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy.Xaml
+{
+	[Export(typeof(IResourceNodeFactory))]
+	sealed class XmlResourceNodeFactory : IResourceNodeFactory
+	{
+		private readonly static string[] xmlFileExtensions = { ".xml", ".xsd", ".xslt" };
+
+		public ILSpyTreeNode CreateNode(Mono.Cecil.Resource resource)
+		{
+			EmbeddedResource er = resource as EmbeddedResource;
+			if (er != null)
+				return CreateNode(er.Name, er.GetResourceStream());
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		public ILSpyTreeNode CreateNode(string key, Stream data)
+		{
+			foreach (string fileExt in xmlFileExtensions)
+				if (key.EndsWith(fileExt, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+					return new XmlResourceEntryNode(key, data);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	sealed class XmlResourceEntryNode : ResourceEntryNode
+	{
+		string xaml;
+		
+		public XmlResourceEntryNode(string key, Stream data) : base(key, data)
+		{
+		}
+		
+		internal override bool View(DecompilerTextView textView)
+		{
+			AvalonEditTextOutput output = new AvalonEditTextOutput();
+			IHighlightingDefinition highlighting = null;
+			
+			textView.RunWithCancellation(
+				token => Task.Factory.StartNew(
+					() => {
+						try {
+							// cache read XAML because stream will be closed after first read
+							if (xaml == null) {
+								using (var reader = new StreamReader(Data)) {
+									xaml = reader.ReadToEnd();
+								}
+							}
+							output.Write(xaml);
+							highlighting = HighlightingManager.Instance.GetDefinitionByExtension(".xml");
+						} catch (Exception ex) {
+							output.Write(ex.ToString());
+						}
+						return output;
+					}),
+				t => textView.ShowNode(t.Result, this, highlighting)
+			);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+}