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diff --git a/misc/pylib/robofab/plistFromTree.py b/misc/pylib/robofab/plistFromTree.py
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+"""Small helper module to parse Plist-formatted data from trees as created
+by xmlTreeBuilder.
+"""
+
+
+__all__ = "readPlistFromTree"
+
+
+from plistlib import PlistParser
+
+
+def readPlistFromTree(tree):
+	"""Given a (sub)tree created by xmlTreeBuilder, interpret it
+	as Plist-formatted data, and return the root object.
+	"""
+	parser = PlistTreeParser()
+	return parser.parseTree(tree)
+
+
+class PlistTreeParser(PlistParser):
+
+	def parseTree(self, tree):
+		element, attributes, children = tree
+		self.parseElement(element, attributes, children)
+		return self.root
+
+	def parseElement(self, element, attributes, children):
+		self.handleBeginElement(element, attributes)
+		for child in children:
+			if isinstance(child, tuple):
+				self.parseElement(child[0], child[1], child[2])
+			else:
+				if not isinstance(child, unicode):
+					# ugh, xmlTreeBuilder returns utf-8 :-(
+					child = unicode(child, "utf-8")
+				self.handleData(child)
+		self.handleEndElement(element)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	from xmlTreeBuilder import buildTree
+	tree = buildTree("xxx.plist", stripData=0)
+	print readPlistFromTree(tree)