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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/BeanInfoEmbryo.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/BeanInfoEmbryo.java
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+/* gnu.java.beans.BeanInfoEmbryo
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans;
+
+import java.beans.BeanDescriptor;
+import java.beans.BeanInfo;
+import java.beans.EventSetDescriptor;
+import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
+import java.beans.MethodDescriptor;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ ** A BeanInfoEmbryo accumulates information about a Bean
+ ** while it is in the process of being created, and then
+ ** when you are done accumulating the information, the
+ ** getBeanInfo() method may be called to create a BeanInfo
+ ** object based on the information.<P>
+ **
+ ** This class is not well-synchronized.  (It can be, it
+ ** just isn't yet.)
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 30 Jul 1998
+ ** @see java.beans.BeanInfo
+ **/
+
+public class BeanInfoEmbryo {
+
+	// by using a TreeMap the properties will be sorted alphabetically by name
+	// which matches the (undocumented) behavior of jdk
+	TreeMap properties = new TreeMap();
+	Hashtable events = new Hashtable();
+	Vector methods = new Vector();
+
+	BeanDescriptor beanDescriptor;
+	BeanInfo[] additionalBeanInfo;
+	java.awt.Image[] im;
+	String defaultPropertyName;
+	String defaultEventName;
+
+	public BeanInfoEmbryo() {
+	}
+
+	public BeanInfo getBeanInfo() {
+		int defaultProperty = -1;
+		int defaultEvent = -1;
+
+		PropertyDescriptor[] Aproperties = new PropertyDescriptor[properties.size()];
+		int i = 0;
+		Iterator it = properties.entrySet().iterator();
+		while (it.hasNext()) {
+			Aproperties[i] = (PropertyDescriptor) (((Map.Entry)it.next()).getValue());
+			if(defaultPropertyName != null && Aproperties[i].getName().equals(defaultPropertyName)) {
+				defaultProperty = i;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+
+		EventSetDescriptor[] Aevents = new EventSetDescriptor[events.size()];
+		i = 0;
+		Enumeration e = events.elements();
+		while (e.hasMoreElements()) {
+			Aevents[i] = (EventSetDescriptor) e.nextElement();
+			if(defaultEventName != null && Aevents[i].getName().equals(defaultEventName)) {
+				defaultEvent = i;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+
+		MethodDescriptor[] Amethods = new MethodDescriptor[methods.size()];
+		methods.copyInto(Amethods);
+
+		return new ExplicitBeanInfo(beanDescriptor,additionalBeanInfo,Aproperties,defaultProperty,Aevents,defaultEvent,Amethods,im);
+	}
+
+	public void setBeanDescriptor(BeanDescriptor b) {
+		beanDescriptor = b;
+	}
+
+	public void setAdditionalBeanInfo(BeanInfo[] b) {
+		additionalBeanInfo = b;
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasProperty(PropertyDescriptor p) {
+		return properties.get(p.getName()) != null;
+	}
+	public void addProperty(PropertyDescriptor p) {
+		properties.put(p.getName(),p);
+	}
+	public void addIndexedProperty(IndexedPropertyDescriptor p) {
+		properties.put(p.getName(),p);
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasEvent(EventSetDescriptor e) {
+		return events.get(e.getName()) != null;
+	}
+	public void addEvent(EventSetDescriptor e) {
+		events.put(e.getName(),e);
+	}
+
+	public boolean hasMethod(MethodDescriptor m) {
+          for(int i=0;i<methods.size();i++) {
+            Method thisMethod = ((MethodDescriptor)methods.elementAt(i)).getMethod();
+            if(m.getMethod().getName().equals(thisMethod.getName())
+               && Arrays.equals(m.getMethod().getParameterTypes(),
+                                thisMethod.getParameterTypes())) {
+              return true;
+            }
+          }
+          return false;
+	}
+	public void addMethod(MethodDescriptor m) {
+		methods.addElement(m);
+	}
+
+	public void setDefaultPropertyName(String defaultPropertyName) {
+		this.defaultPropertyName = defaultPropertyName;
+	}
+
+	public void setDefaultEventName(String defaultEventName) {
+		this.defaultEventName = defaultEventName;
+	}
+
+	public void setIcons(java.awt.Image[] im) {
+		this.im = im;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/DummyAppletContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/DummyAppletContext.java
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+/* gnu.java.beans.DummyAppletContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans;
+
+import java.applet.Applet;
+import java.applet.AppletContext;
+import java.applet.AudioClip;
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/** A placeholder <code>AppletContext</code> implementation that does nothing.
+ *
+ * <p>This is the default implementation for GNU Classpath and is used for <code>Applet</code>
+ * beans being created with {@link java.beans.Beans.instantiate}.</p>
+ *
+ * <p>It has no functionality in order to allow it to be used without any dependencies
+ * (e.g. sound, network access, ...).</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class DummyAppletContext implements AppletContext
+{
+  private static final Enumeration EMPTY_ENUMERATION = Collections.enumeration(Collections.EMPTY_SET);
+  private static final AudioClip DUMMY_CLIP = new DummyAudioClip();
+
+  DummyAppletContext()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Implementation is VM neutral and returns a dummy {@link AudioClip} instance
+   * for every URL that returns a non-<code>null</code> object on
+   * <code>URL.openConnection()</code>.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getAudioClip(java.net.URL)
+   *
+   * FIXME: When Java Sound API (javax.sound) is included in Classpath or URL is able to handle
+   * sampled sound this should be adjusted.
+   */
+  public AudioClip getAudioClip(URL url)
+  {
+    try
+      {
+	return (url.openConnection() != null ? DUMMY_CLIP : null);
+      }
+    catch (IOException ioe)
+      {
+	return null;
+      }
+  }
+
+  /** Loads the <code>Image</code> instance by delegating to
+   * {@link java.awt.Toolkit.createImage(URL) }.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getImage(java.net.URL)
+   * @see java.awt.Toolkit#createImage(java.net.URL)
+   */
+  public Image getImage(URL url)
+  {
+    return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(url);
+  }
+
+  /** Returns <code>null</code> for every argument.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getApplet(java.lang.String)
+   */
+  public Applet getApplet(String name)
+  {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns always an empty <code>Enumeration</code>.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getApplets()
+   */
+  public Enumeration getApplets()
+  {
+    return EMPTY_ENUMERATION;
+  }
+
+  /** Does nothing.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#showDocument(java.net.URL)
+   */
+  public void showDocument(URL url)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Does nothing.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#showDocument(java.net.URL, java.lang.String)
+   */
+  public void showDocument(URL url, String target)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Does nothing.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#showStatus(java.lang.String)
+   */
+  public void showStatus(String message)
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Does nothing.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#setStream(java.lang.String, java.io.InputStream)
+   */
+  public void setStream(String key, InputStream stream)
+    throws IOException
+  {
+    throw new IOException("Dummy implementation imposes zero InputStream associations.");
+  }
+
+  /** Returns <code>null</code> for every argument.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getStream(java.lang.String)
+   */
+  public InputStream getStream(String key)
+  {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns always an empty iterator.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletContext#getStreamKeys()
+   */
+  public Iterator getStreamKeys()
+  {
+    return Collections.EMPTY_SET.iterator();
+  }
+
+  /** Dummy <code>AudioClip</code> implementation that does nothing but
+   * preventing <code>NullPointerException</code>S being thrown in programs
+   * that expect a valid <code>AudioClip</code> instance to be returned by
+   * their Applet.
+   *
+   * @author Robert Schuster
+   */
+  static class DummyAudioClip implements AudioClip
+  {
+    public void play()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void stop()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public void loop()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+      return "DummyAudioClip never plays anything - implement javax.sound and make us happy :)";
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/DummyAppletStub.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/DummyAppletStub.java
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+/* gnu.java.beans.DummyAppletStub
+   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans;
+
+import java.applet.AppletContext;
+import java.applet.AppletStub;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/** Placeholder implementation of <code>AppletStub</code> providing no functionality.
+ * <p>This class is used for <code>Applet</code> being created with
+ * {@link java.beans.Bean.instantiate}.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class DummyAppletStub implements AppletStub
+{
+  private URL documentBase;
+  private URL codeBase;
+  private DummyAppletContext context;
+
+  public DummyAppletStub(URL newCodeBase, URL newDocumentBase)
+  {
+    codeBase = newCodeBase;
+    documentBase = newDocumentBase;
+
+    context = new DummyAppletContext();
+  }
+
+  /** Returns always <code>true</code>.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#isActive()
+   */
+  public boolean isActive()
+  {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#getDocumentBase()
+   */
+  public URL getDocumentBase()
+  {
+    return documentBase;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#getCodeBase()
+   */
+  public URL getCodeBase()
+  {
+    return codeBase;
+  }
+
+  /** Implementation returns <code>null</code> for every parameter name.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#getParameter(java.lang.String)
+   */
+  public String getParameter(String name)
+  {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns a non-functional context instance.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#getAppletContext()
+   */
+  public AppletContext getAppletContext()
+  {
+    return context;
+  }
+
+  /** Does nothing.
+   *
+   * @see java.applet.AppletStub#appletResize(int, int)
+   */
+  public void appletResize(int width, int height)
+  {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/ExplicitBeanInfo.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/ExplicitBeanInfo.java
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+/* ExplicitBeanInfo.java --
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2004  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans;
+
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.beans.BeanDescriptor;
+import java.beans.BeanInfo;
+import java.beans.EventSetDescriptor;
+import java.beans.MethodDescriptor;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+
+/**
+ ** ExplicitBeanInfo lets you specify in the constructor
+ ** all the various parts of the BeanInfo.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 30 Jul 1998
+ ** @see java.beans.BeanInfo
+ **/
+
+public class ExplicitBeanInfo implements BeanInfo {
+	/** The BeanDescriptor returned by getBeanDescriptor. **/
+	protected BeanDescriptor beanDescriptor;
+
+	/** The EventSetDescriptor array returned by
+	 ** getEventSetDescriptors().
+	 **/
+	protected EventSetDescriptor[] eventSetDescriptors = new EventSetDescriptor[0];
+
+	/** The PropertyDescriptor array returned by
+	 ** getPropertyDescriptors().
+	 **/
+	protected PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors = new PropertyDescriptor[0];
+
+	/** The MethodDescriptor array returned by
+	 ** getMethodDescriptors().
+	 **/
+	protected MethodDescriptor[]   methodDescriptors;
+
+	/** The default property index. **/
+	protected int defaultPropertyIndex;
+
+	/** The default event index. **/
+	protected int defaultEventIndex;
+
+	/** The BeanInfo array returned by
+	 ** getAdditionalBeanInfo().
+	 **/
+	protected BeanInfo[] additionalBeanInfo;
+
+	/** The set of icons. **/
+	protected Image[] icons;
+
+	public ExplicitBeanInfo(BeanDescriptor beanDescriptor,
+	                        BeanInfo[] additionalBeanInfo,
+	                        PropertyDescriptor[] propertyDescriptors,
+				int defaultPropertyIndex,
+	                        EventSetDescriptor[] eventSetDescriptors,
+				int defaultEventIndex,
+	                        MethodDescriptor[] methodDescriptors,
+				Image[] icons) {
+		this.beanDescriptor = beanDescriptor;
+		this.additionalBeanInfo = additionalBeanInfo;
+		this.propertyDescriptors = propertyDescriptors;
+		this.defaultPropertyIndex = defaultPropertyIndex;
+		this.eventSetDescriptors = eventSetDescriptors;
+		this.defaultEventIndex = defaultEventIndex;
+		this.methodDescriptors = methodDescriptors;
+		this.icons = icons;
+	}
+
+	/** Get Bean descriptor. **/
+	public BeanDescriptor getBeanDescriptor() {
+		return beanDescriptor;
+	}
+
+	/** Get Bean events. **/
+	public EventSetDescriptor[] getEventSetDescriptors() {
+		return eventSetDescriptors;
+	}
+
+	/** Get default event set. **/
+	public int getDefaultEventIndex() {
+		return defaultEventIndex;
+	}
+
+	/** Get Bean properties. **/
+	public PropertyDescriptor[] getPropertyDescriptors() {
+		return propertyDescriptors;
+	}
+
+	/** Get "default" property. **/
+	public int getDefaultPropertyIndex() {
+		return defaultPropertyIndex;
+	}
+
+	/** Get Bean methods. **/
+	public MethodDescriptor[] getMethodDescriptors() {
+		return methodDescriptors;
+	}
+
+	/** Get additional Bean info. **/
+	public BeanInfo[] getAdditionalBeanInfo() {
+		return additionalBeanInfo;
+	}
+
+	/** Get Bean icons.
+	 ** @param iconType the type of icon
+	 **/
+	public Image getIcon(int iconType) {
+		return icons != null ? icons[iconType - 1] : null;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/IntrospectionIncubator.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/IntrospectionIncubator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0d9480e327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/IntrospectionIncubator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.IntrospectionIncubator
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans;
+
+import gnu.java.lang.ArrayHelper;
+import gnu.java.lang.ClassHelper;
+
+import java.beans.BeanInfo;
+import java.beans.EventSetDescriptor;
+import java.beans.IndexedPropertyDescriptor;
+import java.beans.IntrospectionException;
+import java.beans.Introspector;
+import java.beans.MethodDescriptor;
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import java.util.Vector;
+
+/**
+ ** IntrospectionIncubator takes in a bunch of Methods, and
+ ** Introspects only those Methods you give it.<br/>
+ **
+ ** See {@link addMethod(Method)} for details which rules apply to
+ ** the methods.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @author Robert Schuster
+ ** @see gnu.java.beans.ExplicitBeanInfo
+ ** @see java.beans.BeanInfo
+ **/
+
+public class IntrospectionIncubator {
+	Hashtable propertyMethods = new Hashtable();
+	Hashtable listenerMethods = new Hashtable();
+	Vector otherMethods = new Vector();
+
+	Class propertyStopClass;
+	Class eventStopClass;
+	Class methodStopClass;
+
+	public IntrospectionIncubator() {
+	}
+
+	/** Examines the given method and files it in a suitable collection.
+	 * It files the method as a property method if it finds:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>boolean "is" getter</li>
+	 * <li>"get" style getter</li>
+	 * <li>single argument setter</li>
+	 * <li>indiced setter and getter</li> 
+	 * </ul>
+	 * It files the method as a listener method if all of these rules apply:
+	 * <ul>
+	 * <li>the method name starts with "add" or "remove"</li>
+	 * <li>there is only a single argument</li>
+	 * <li>the argument type is a subclass of <code>java.util.EventListener</code></li>
+	 * </ul>
+	 * All public methods are filed as such. 
+	 *   
+	 * @param method The method instance to examine.
+	 */
+	public void addMethod(Method method) {
+		if(Modifier.isPublic(method.getModifiers())) {
+			String name = ClassHelper.getTruncatedName(method.getName());
+			Class retType = method.getReturnType();
+			Class[] params = method.getParameterTypes();
+			boolean isVoid = retType.equals(java.lang.Void.TYPE);
+			Class methodClass = method.getDeclaringClass();
+			
+			/* Accepts the method for examination if no stop class is given or the method is declared in a subclass of the stop class.
+			 * The rules for this are described in {@link java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class, Class)}.
+			 * This block finds out whether the method is a suitable getter or setter method (or read/write method).  
+			 */
+			if(isReachable(propertyStopClass, methodClass)) {
+				/* At this point a method may regarded as a property's read or write method if its name
+				 * starts with "is", "get" or "set". However, if a method is static it cannot be part
+				 * of a property.
+				 */
+				if(Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
+					// files method as other because it is static
+					otherMethods.addElement(method);
+				} else if(name.startsWith("is")
+				   && retType.equals(java.lang.Boolean.TYPE)
+				   && params.length == 0) {
+				   	// files method as boolean "is" style getter
+					addToPropertyHash(name,method,IS);
+				} else if(name.startsWith("get") && !isVoid) {
+					if(params.length == 0) {
+						// files as legal non-argument getter
+						addToPropertyHash(name,method,GET);
+					} else if(params.length == 1 && params[0].equals(java.lang.Integer.TYPE)) {
+						// files as legal indiced getter
+						addToPropertyHash(name,method,GET_I);
+					} else {
+						// files as other because the method's signature is not Bean-like
+						otherMethods.addElement(method);
+					}
+				} else if(name.startsWith("set") && isVoid) {
+					if(params.length == 1) {
+						// files as legal single-argument setter method
+						addToPropertyHash(name,method,SET);
+					} else if(params.length == 2 && params[0].equals(java.lang.Integer.TYPE)) {
+						// files as legal indiced setter method
+						addToPropertyHash(name,method,SET_I);
+					} else {
+						// files as other because the method's signature is not Bean-like
+						otherMethods.addElement(method);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+			if(isReachable(eventStopClass, methodClass)) {
+				if(name.startsWith("add")
+				          && isVoid
+				          && params.length == 1
+				          && java.util.EventListener.class.isAssignableFrom(params[0])) {
+					addToListenerHash(name,method,ADD);
+				} else if(name.startsWith("remove")
+				          && isVoid
+				          && params.length == 1
+				          && java.util.EventListener.class.isAssignableFrom(params[0])) {
+					addToListenerHash(name,method,REMOVE);
+				}
+			}
+			 
+			if(isReachable(methodStopClass, methodClass)) {
+				// files as reachable public method
+				otherMethods.addElement(method);
+			}
+			
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void addMethods(Method[] m) {
+		for(int i=0;i<m.length;i++) {
+			addMethod(m[i]);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void setPropertyStopClass(Class c) {
+		propertyStopClass = c;
+	}
+
+	public void setEventStopClass(Class c) {
+		eventStopClass = c;
+	}
+
+	public void setMethodStopClass(Class c) {
+		methodStopClass = c;
+	}
+
+
+	public BeanInfoEmbryo getBeanInfoEmbryo() throws IntrospectionException {
+		BeanInfoEmbryo b = new BeanInfoEmbryo();
+		findXXX(b,IS);
+		findXXXInt(b,GET_I);
+		findXXXInt(b,SET_I);
+		findXXX(b,GET);
+		findXXX(b,SET);
+		findAddRemovePairs(b);
+		for(int i=0;i<otherMethods.size();i++) {
+			MethodDescriptor newMethod = new MethodDescriptor((Method)otherMethods.elementAt(i));
+			if(!b.hasMethod(newMethod)) {
+				b.addMethod(new MethodDescriptor((Method)otherMethods.elementAt(i)));
+			}
+		}
+		return b;
+	}
+
+	public BeanInfo getBeanInfo() throws IntrospectionException {
+		return getBeanInfoEmbryo().getBeanInfo();
+	}
+
+
+	void findAddRemovePairs(BeanInfoEmbryo b) throws IntrospectionException {
+		Enumeration listenerEnum = listenerMethods.keys();
+		while(listenerEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
+			DoubleKey k = (DoubleKey)listenerEnum.nextElement();
+			Method[] m = (Method[])listenerMethods.get(k);
+			if(m[ADD] != null && m[REMOVE] != null) {
+				EventSetDescriptor e = new EventSetDescriptor(Introspector.decapitalize(k.getName()),
+				                                              k.getType(), k.getType().getMethods(),
+				                                              m[ADD],m[REMOVE]);
+				e.setUnicast(ArrayHelper.contains(m[ADD].getExceptionTypes(),java.util.TooManyListenersException.class));
+				if(!b.hasEvent(e)) {
+					b.addEvent(e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	void findXXX(BeanInfoEmbryo b, int funcType) throws IntrospectionException {
+		Enumeration keys = propertyMethods.keys();
+		while(keys.hasMoreElements()) {
+			DoubleKey k = (DoubleKey)keys.nextElement();
+			Method[] m = (Method[])propertyMethods.get(k);
+			if(m[funcType] != null) {
+				PropertyDescriptor p = new PropertyDescriptor(Introspector.decapitalize(k.getName()),
+				                                     m[IS] != null ? m[IS] : m[GET],
+				                                     m[SET]);
+				if(m[SET] != null) {
+					p.setConstrained(ArrayHelper.contains(m[SET].getExceptionTypes(),java.beans.PropertyVetoException.class));
+				}
+				if(!b.hasProperty(p)) {
+					b.addProperty(p);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	void findXXXInt(BeanInfoEmbryo b, int funcType) throws IntrospectionException {
+		Enumeration keys = propertyMethods.keys();
+		while(keys.hasMoreElements()) {
+			DoubleKey k = (DoubleKey)keys.nextElement();
+			Method[] m = (Method[])propertyMethods.get(k);
+			if(m[funcType] != null) {
+				boolean constrained;
+				if(m[SET_I] != null) {
+					constrained = ArrayHelper.contains(m[SET_I].getExceptionTypes(),java.beans.PropertyVetoException.class);
+				} else {
+					constrained = false;
+				}
+
+				/** Find out if there is an array type get or set **/
+				Class arrayType = Array.newInstance(k.getType(),0).getClass();
+				DoubleKey findSetArray = new DoubleKey(arrayType,k.getName());
+				Method[] m2 = (Method[])propertyMethods.get(findSetArray);
+				IndexedPropertyDescriptor p;
+				if(m2 == null) {
+					p = new IndexedPropertyDescriptor(Introspector.decapitalize(k.getName()),
+				                                          null,null,
+				                                          m[GET_I],m[SET_I]);
+				} else {
+					if(constrained && m2[SET] != null) {
+						constrained = ArrayHelper.contains(m2[SET].getExceptionTypes(),java.beans.PropertyVetoException.class);
+					}
+					p = new IndexedPropertyDescriptor(Introspector.decapitalize(k.getName()),
+				                                          m2[GET],m2[SET],
+				                                          m[GET_I],m[SET_I]);
+				}
+				p.setConstrained(constrained);
+				if(!b.hasProperty(p)) {
+					b.addProperty(p);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	static final int IS=0;
+	static final int GET_I=1;
+	static final int SET_I=2;
+	static final int GET=3;
+	static final int SET=4;
+
+	static final int ADD=0;
+	static final int REMOVE=1;
+
+	void addToPropertyHash(String name, Method method, int funcType) {
+		String newName;
+		Class type;
+
+		switch(funcType) {
+			case IS:
+				type = java.lang.Boolean.TYPE;
+				newName = name.substring(2);
+				break;
+			case GET_I:
+				type = method.getReturnType();
+				newName = name.substring(3);
+				break;
+			case SET_I:
+				type = method.getParameterTypes()[1];
+				newName = name.substring(3);
+				break;
+			case GET:
+				type = method.getReturnType();
+				newName = name.substring(3);
+				break;
+			case SET:
+				type = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+				newName = name.substring(3);
+				break;
+			default:
+				return;
+		}
+		newName = capitalize(newName);
+		if (newName.length() == 0)
+			return;
+
+		DoubleKey k = new DoubleKey(type,newName);
+		Method[] methods = (Method[])propertyMethods.get(k);
+		if(methods == null) {
+			methods = new Method[5];
+			propertyMethods.put(k,methods);
+		}
+		methods[funcType] = method;
+	}
+
+	void addToListenerHash(String name, Method method, int funcType) {
+		String newName;
+		Class type;
+
+		switch(funcType) {
+			case ADD:
+				type = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+				newName = name.substring(3,name.length()-8);
+				break;
+			case REMOVE:
+				type = method.getParameterTypes()[0];
+				newName = name.substring(6,name.length()-8);
+				break;
+			default:
+				return;
+		}
+		newName = capitalize(newName);
+		if (newName.length() == 0)
+			return;
+
+		DoubleKey k = new DoubleKey(type,newName);
+		Method[] methods = (Method[])listenerMethods.get(k);
+		if(methods == null) {
+			methods = new Method[2];
+			listenerMethods.put(k,methods);
+		}
+		methods[funcType] = method;
+	}
+
+	/* Determines whether <code>stopClass</code> is <code>null</code>
+	 * or <code>declaringClass<code> is a true subclass of <code>stopClass</code>.
+	 * This expression is useful to detect whether a method should be introspected or not.
+	 * The rules for this are described in {@link java.beans.Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class, Class)}.
+	 */
+	static boolean isReachable(Class stopClass, Class declaringClass) {
+		return stopClass == null || (stopClass.isAssignableFrom(declaringClass) && !stopClass.equals(declaringClass));
+	}
+
+	/** Transforms a property name into a part of a method name.
+	 * E.g. "value" becomes "Value" which can then concatenated with
+	 * "set", "get" or "is" to form a valid method name.
+	 * 
+	 * Implementation notes:
+	 * If "" is the argument, it is returned without changes.
+	 * If <code>null</code> is the argument, <code>null</code> is returned.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name Name of a property.
+	 * @return Part of a method name of a property.
+	 */
+	static String capitalize(String name) {
+		try {
+			if(Character.isUpperCase(name.charAt(0))) {
+				return name;
+			} else {
+				char[] c = name.toCharArray();
+				c[0] = Character.toLowerCase(c[0]);
+				return new String(c);
+			}
+		} catch(StringIndexOutOfBoundsException E) {
+			return name;
+		} catch(NullPointerException E) {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/** This class is a hashmap key that consists of a <code>Class</code> and a
+ * <code>String</code> element.
+ * 
+ * It is used for XXX: find out what this is used for
+ * 
+ * @author John Keiser
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */ 
+class DoubleKey {
+	Class type;
+	String name;
+
+	DoubleKey(Class type, String name) {
+		this.type = type;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	Class getType() {
+		return type;
+	}
+
+	String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public boolean equals(Object o) {
+		if(o instanceof DoubleKey) {
+			DoubleKey d = (DoubleKey)o;
+			return d.type.equals(type) && d.name.equals(name);
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return type.hashCode() ^ name.hashCode();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/TODO b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9112806ba70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- overhaul efficiency
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e95d432986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.AbstractContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** AbstractContext implements some basic functionality of the Context
+ * interface and is therefore the base of all Context implementations.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+abstract class AbstractContext implements Context
+{
+  private boolean isStatement;
+  private String id;
+
+  public String getId()
+  {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(String newId)
+  {
+    id = newId;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isStatement()
+  {
+    return isStatement;
+  }
+
+  public void setStatement(boolean b)
+  {
+    isStatement = b;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractCreatableObjectContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractCreatableObjectContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47f04fa1cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractCreatableObjectContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.AbstractCreatableContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** AbstractCreatableObjectContext is the base class for all Context implementations
+ * which create a result object in their lifetime. It provides means for preventing
+ * to create the object twice.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ *
+ */
+abstract class AbstractCreatableObjectContext extends AbstractObjectContext
+{
+  AbstractCreatableObjectContext()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /** Adds a parameter object to this Context if the result object has not been
+   * created yet. Otherwise an AssemblyException is thrown that indicates a wrong
+   * behavior of the decoder.
+   */
+  public final void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (object == null)
+      addParameterObjectImpl(o);
+    else
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("No more parameter objects are allowed when the object as already been created."));
+  }
+
+  /** Adds a parameter object to this Context. Implement this without caring
+   * for illegal states because this has been done already.
+   *
+   * @param obj The parameter object to be added. 
+   */
+  protected abstract void addParameterObjectImpl(Object obj);
+
+  /** Creates the result object if it does not exist already.
+   */
+  public final void notifyStatement(Context outerContext)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (object != null)
+      return;
+
+    object = createObject(outerContext);
+  }
+
+  /** Creates the result object. This method is called only once. Implement this
+   * without checking for double invocations as this is already being prevented.
+   *
+   * @param outerContext The Context that exists around this one. 
+   * @return The result object.
+   * @throws AssemblerException if the object creation fails somehow.
+   */
+  protected abstract Object createObject(Context outerContext)
+    throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public final Object endContext(Context outerContext)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    notifyStatement(outerContext);
+    return object;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+   */
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    /* Returns true when the AbstractCreatableObjectContext has not created the result object yet
+     * (A failed subcontext automatically lets this context fail too.)
+     */
+    return object == null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractElementHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractElementHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5578a990bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractElementHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.AbstractElementHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** ElementHandler manages a Context instance and interacts with
+ * its parent and child handlers.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+abstract class AbstractElementHandler implements ElementHandler
+{
+  /** The Context instance of this handler. The instance is available after the startElement()
+   * method was called. Otherwise the handler is marked as failed.
+   */
+  private Context context;
+
+  /** The parent handler. */
+  private ElementHandler parent;
+
+  /** Stores whether this handler is marked as failed. */
+  private boolean hasFailed;
+
+  /** Stores the character data which is contained in the body of the XML tag. */
+  private StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+
+  /** Stores whether this ElementHandler can have subelements. The information for this is taken from
+   * javabeans.dtd which can be found here:
+   * <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/persistence3/">Java Persistence Article</a>
+   */
+  private boolean allowsSubelements;
+
+  /** Creates a new ElementHandler with the given ElementHandler instance
+   * as parent.
+   *
+   * @param parentHandler The parent handler.
+   */
+  protected AbstractElementHandler(ElementHandler parentHandler,
+                                   boolean allowsSubs)
+  {
+    parent = parentHandler;
+    allowsSubelements = allowsSubs;
+  }
+
+  /** Evaluates the attributes and creates a Context instance.
+   * If the creation of the Context instance fails the ElementHandler
+   * is marked as failed which may affect the parent handler other.
+   *
+   * @param attributes Attributes of the XML tag.
+   */
+  public final void start(Attributes attributes,
+                          ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+  {
+    try
+      {
+	// lets the subclass create the appropriate Context instance
+	context = startElement(attributes, exceptionListener);
+      }
+    catch (AssemblyException pe)
+      {
+	Throwable t = pe.getCause();
+
+	if (t instanceof Exception)
+	  exceptionListener.exceptionThrown((Exception) t);
+	else
+	  throw new InternalError("Unexpected Throwable type in AssemblerException. Please file a bug report.");
+
+	notifyContextFailed();
+
+	return;
+      }
+  }
+
+  /** Analyses the content of the Attributes instance and creates a Context
+   * object accordingly.
+   * An AssemblerException is thrown when the Context instance could not
+   * be created.
+   *
+   * @param attributes Attributes of the XML tag.
+   * @return A Context instance.
+   * @throws AssemblerException when Context instance could not be created.
+   */
+  protected abstract Context startElement(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Post-processes the Context.
+   */
+  public final void end(ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+  {
+    // skips processing if the handler is marked as failed (because the Context
+    // is then invalid or may not exist at all)
+    if (!hasFailed)
+      {
+	try
+	  {
+	    // note: the order of operations is very important here
+	    // sends the stored character data to the Context
+	    endElement(buffer.toString());
+
+	    // reports to the parent handler if this handler's Context is a
+	    // statement (returning no value BACK to the parent's Context)
+	    if (context.isStatement())
+	      {
+		// This may create a valid result in the parent's Context
+		// or let it fail
+		parent.notifyStatement(exceptionListener);
+
+		// skips any further processing if the parent handler is now marked
+		// as failed
+		if (parent.hasFailed())
+		  return;
+	      }
+
+	    // processes the Context and stores the result
+	    putObject(context.getId(), context.endContext(parent.getContext()));
+
+	    // transfers the Context's results to the parent's Context
+	    // if it is an expression (rather than a statement) 
+	    if (! context.isStatement())
+	      parent.getContext().addParameterObject(context.getResult());
+	  }
+	catch (AssemblyException pe)
+	  {
+	    // notifies that an exception was thrown in this handler's Context 
+	    Throwable t = pe.getCause();
+
+	    if (t instanceof Exception)
+	      exceptionListener.exceptionThrown((Exception) t);
+	    else
+	      throw (InternalError) new InternalError("Severe problem while decoding XML data.")
+	            .initCause(t);
+
+	    // marks the handler as failed
+	    notifyContextFailed();
+	  }
+      }
+  }
+
+  /** Notifies the handler's Context that its child Context will not return
+   * a value back. Some Context variants need this information to know when
+   * a method or a constructor call can be made.
+   *
+   * This method is called by a child handler.
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+  {
+    try
+      {
+      	
+      	// propagates to parent handler first to generate objects
+      	// needed by this Context instance
+      	if(context.isStatement())
+      	{
+      		parent.notifyStatement(exceptionListener);
+      	}
+      	
+	// Some Context instances do stuff which can fail now. If that
+	// happens this handler is marked as failed.
+	context.notifyStatement(parent.getContext());
+      }
+    catch (AssemblyException ae)
+      {
+	// notifies that an exception was thrown in this handler's Context 
+	Throwable t = ae.getCause();
+
+	if (t instanceof Exception)
+	  exceptionListener.exceptionThrown((Exception) t);
+	else
+	  throw (InternalError) new InternalError("Severe problem while decoding XML data.")
+	        .initCause(t);
+
+	// marks the handler as failed
+	notifyContextFailed();
+      }
+  }
+
+  /** Marks this and any depending parent handlers as failed. Which means that on their end
+   * no result is calculated.
+   *
+   * When a handler has failed no more handlers are accepted within it.
+   */
+  public final void notifyContextFailed()
+  {
+    hasFailed = true;
+
+    // marks the parent handler as failed if its Context
+    // is affected by the failure of this handler's Context
+    if (parent.getContext().subContextFailed())
+      parent.notifyContextFailed();
+  }
+
+  /** Returns whether this handler has failed.
+   *
+   * This is used to skip child elements.
+   *
+   * @return Whether this handler has failed.
+   */
+  public final boolean hasFailed()
+  {
+    return hasFailed;
+  }
+
+  /** Processes the character data when the element ends.
+   *
+   * The default implementation does nothing for convenience.
+   *
+   * @param characters
+   * @throws AssemblerException
+   */
+  protected void endElement(String characters) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    // XXX: throw an exception when unexpected character data is available?
+  }
+
+  /** Adds characters from the body of the XML tag to the buffer.
+   *
+   * @param ch
+   * @param start
+   * @param length
+   * @throws SAXException
+   */
+  public final void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
+  {
+    // simply appends character data
+    buffer.append(ch, start, length);
+  }
+
+  /** Stores an object globally under a unique id. If the id is
+   * null the object is not stored.
+   *
+   * @param objectId
+   * @param o
+   */
+  public void putObject(String objectId, Object o)
+  {
+    if (objectId != null)
+      parent.putObject(objectId, o);
+  }
+
+  /** Returns a previously stored object. If the id is null the
+   * result is null, too.
+   *
+   * @param objectId
+   * @return Returns a previously stored object or null.
+   */
+  public Object getObject(String objectId) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    return objectId == null ? null : parent.getObject(objectId);
+  }
+
+  /** Returns the Class instance as if called Class.forName() but
+   * uses a ClassLoader given by the user.
+   *
+   * @param className
+   * @return
+   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+   */
+  public Class instantiateClass(String className)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException
+  {
+    return parent.instantiateClass(className);
+  }
+
+  public final boolean isSubelementAllowed(String subElementName)
+  {
+    return allowsSubelements && ! subElementName.equals("java");
+  }
+
+  public final Context getContext()
+  {
+    return context;
+  }
+
+  public final ElementHandler getParent()
+  {
+    return parent;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractObjectContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractObjectContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..202c33b3413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AbstractObjectContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.AbstractObjectContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/** AbstractObjectContext is the base for all Context implementations which
+ * create or provide a result object during their lifetime.
+ *
+ * <p>This class provides the implementation for an indexed get and set method.
+ * But this does not mean that the result object supports these operation.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ *
+ */
+abstract class AbstractObjectContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+    protected Object object;
+
+    AbstractObjectContext()
+    {}
+
+    /** Sets the result object of the Context.
+     *
+     * @param obj The result object to be set.
+     */
+    protected final void setObject(Object obj)
+    {
+        object = obj;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#set(int, java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public final void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Method method =
+                object.getClass().getMethod(
+                    "set",
+                    new Class[] { Integer.TYPE, Object.class });
+
+            method.invoke(object, new Object[] { new Integer(index), o });
+        }
+        catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+        }
+        catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#get(int)
+     */
+    public final Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            Method method =
+                object.getClass().getMethod(
+                    "get",
+                    new Class[] { Integer.TYPE });
+
+            return method.invoke(object, new Object[] { new Integer(index)});
+        }
+        catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+        }
+        catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public final Object getResult()
+    {
+        return object;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf4267f2779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ArrayContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
+/** A Context implementation for a fixed size array. The array
+ * elements have to be set using IndexContext instances.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ArrayContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+  private Object array;
+
+  ArrayContext(String id, Class klass, int length)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    array = Array.newInstance(klass, length);
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("Adding objects without an index to a fixed array is not possible."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext)
+  {
+    // method call intentionally ignored because there is not any useful effect 
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    return array;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+   */
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    // returns false to indicate that assembling the array does not fail only because
+    // a subelement failed.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    try
+      {
+	Array.set(array, index, o);
+      }
+    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aioobe)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(aioobe);
+      }
+  }
+
+  public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    try
+      {
+	return Array.get(array, index);
+      }
+    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException aioobe)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(aioobe);
+      }
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#getResult()
+   */
+  public Object getResult()
+  {
+    return array;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23f0285192b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ArrayHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ArrayHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** ArrayHandler processes the &lt;array&gt; tag. Depending on the existance of the 'length' attribute a Context for
+ * a fixed-size or growable array is created.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ArrayHandler extends AbstractElementHandler
+{
+  /** Contains a mapping between a textual description of a primitive type (like "byte") and
+   * its corresponding wrapper class. This allows it to easily construct Array objects for
+   * primitive data types.
+   */
+  private static HashMap typeMap = new HashMap();
+
+  static
+    {
+      typeMap.put("byte", Byte.TYPE);
+      typeMap.put("short", Short.TYPE);
+      typeMap.put("int", Integer.TYPE);
+      typeMap.put("long", Long.TYPE);
+
+      typeMap.put("float", Float.TYPE);
+      typeMap.put("double", Double.TYPE);
+
+      typeMap.put("boolean", Boolean.TYPE);
+
+      typeMap.put("char", Character.TYPE);
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  ArrayHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent, true);
+  }
+
+  protected Context startElement(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    throws AssemblyException, AssemblyException
+  {
+    String id = attributes.getValue("id");
+    String className = attributes.getValue("class");
+
+    if (className != null)
+      {
+	try
+	  {
+	    Class klass;
+
+	    if (typeMap.containsKey(className))
+	      klass = (Class) typeMap.get(className);
+	    else
+	      klass = instantiateClass(className);
+
+	    String length = attributes.getValue("length");
+	    if (length != null)
+	      // creates Array with predefined length
+	      return new ArrayContext(id, klass, Integer.parseInt(length));
+	    else
+	      // creates Array without length restriction
+	      return new GrowableArrayContext(id, klass);
+	  }
+	catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
+	  {
+	    throw new AssemblyException(cnfe);
+	  }
+	catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+	  {
+	    throw new AssemblyException(nfe);
+	  }
+      }
+
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Missing 'class' attribute in <array> tag."));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AssemblyException.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AssemblyException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29dfa65ac7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/AssemblyException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.AssemblyException
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** The AssemblyException is used to wrap the cause of problems when assembling objects.
+ * In all cases only the wrapped exception is given to the PersistenceParser's
+ * ExceptionListener instance (never the AssemblyException itself).
+ * 
+ * <p>Note: Often multiple steps are needed to construct a fully usuable object instance.
+ * Such a construction can be called assembly and thats why this exception was
+ * named AssemblyException.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class AssemblyException extends Exception
+{
+  AssemblyException(Throwable cause)
+  {
+    super(cause);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/BooleanHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/BooleanHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a34fe346e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/BooleanHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.BooleanHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Boolean instance from the character data in a &lt;boolean&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class BooleanHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  BooleanHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+
+    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (number.equals("true"))
+      return new Boolean(true);
+
+    if (number.equals("false"))
+      return new Boolean(false);
+
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Element contained no valid boolean value."));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ByteHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ByteHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d6c33d14d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ByteHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ByteHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Byte instance from the character data in a &lt;byte&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ByteHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  ByteHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Byte.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/CharHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/CharHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b31e5b0559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/CharHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.CharHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Character instance from the character data in a &lt;char&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class CharHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  CharHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (number.length() > 1)
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Element contained no valid character."));
+
+    return new Character(number.charAt(0));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ClassHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ClassHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1dbdd63e79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ClassHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ClassHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Class instance from the character data in a &lt;class&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ClassHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  ClassHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String characters) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    try
+      {
+	return instantiateClass(characters);
+      }
+    catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(cnfe);
+      }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ConstructorContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ConstructorContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7838fb7e263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ConstructorContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ConstructorContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/** A ConstructorContext is a {@link Context} implementation which collects the parameters for a constructor
+ * call and instantiates the result object using that constructor. After that sub-contexts can invoke
+ * methods on the result object.
+ *
+ * <p>The constructor is invoked when a sub-context is a statement or the Context ends.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ConstructorContext extends AbstractCreatableObjectContext
+{
+  private ArrayList arguments = new ArrayList();
+  private Class klass;
+
+  ConstructorContext(String id, Class newClass)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    // sets superclass field 
+    klass = newClass;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  protected void addParameterObjectImpl(Object o)
+  {
+    arguments.add(o);
+  }
+
+  protected Object createObject(Context outerContext)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    Object[] args = arguments.toArray();
+
+    try
+      {
+	Constructor constructor = MethodFinder.getConstructor(klass, args);
+
+	// instantiates object (klass field gets re-set by superclass)
+	return constructor.newInstance(args);
+      }
+    catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+      }
+    catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+      }
+    catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+      }
+    catch (InstantiationException ie)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(ie);
+      }
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/Context.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/Context.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2db09732d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/Context.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+/** A Context is the environment for an object which is being assembler. If there
+ * are no errors each handler creates one Context.
+ * <p>Depending on the result of isStatement() a Context can be statement or an
+ * expression. An expression returns a value to the Context of its parent handler,
+ * a statement does not. Whenever a Context is a statement the parent handler's
+ * Context is informed about that through the {@link notifyStatement}-method.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+interface Context
+{
+  /** Adds a parameter object to the context. This method is used when
+   * sub-Contexts return their result.
+   *
+   * Some Contexts do not accept more than a certain amount of objects
+   * and throw an AssemblerException if the amount is exceeded.
+   *
+   * @param o The object added to this context.
+   */
+  void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Notifies that the next element is a statement. This can mean
+   * that an argument list is complete to be called.
+   *
+   */
+  void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Notifies that the context ends and the returns the appropriate result
+   * object.
+   *
+   * @param outerContext
+   * @return
+   */
+  Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Notifies that the assembly of a subcontext failed and returns
+   * whether this Context is affected in a way that it fails too.
+   *
+   * @return Whether the failure of a subcontext lets this context fail, too.
+   */
+  boolean subContextFailed();
+
+  /** Calls an appropriate indexed set method if it is available or
+   * throws an AssemblerException if that is not allowed on this Context.
+   *
+   * The behaviour of this method is equal to List.set(int, Object).
+   *
+   * @param index Index position to be set.
+   * @param o Object to be set at the given index position.
+   * @throws AssemblerException Indexed set is not allowed or otherwise failed.
+   */
+  void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Calls an appropriate indexed get method if it is available or
+   * throws an AssemblerException if that is not allowed on this Context.
+   *
+   * The behaviour of this method is equal to List.get(int).
+   *
+   * @param index Index position of the object return.
+   * @throws AssemblerException Indexed get is not allowed or otherwise failed.
+   */
+  Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  /** Returns the result which was calculated by calling endContext() or reportStatement().
+   * Its the handler's responsibility to care that any of these two methods was called.
+   *
+   * This is used by sub-Contexts to access this Context's result.
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  Object getResult();
+
+  /** Gives this Context a unique id. For convenience the id may be null which means
+   * that no id exists at all.
+   *
+   * @param id
+   */
+  void setId(String id);
+
+  /** Returns this Context's unique id or null if does not have such an id.
+   *
+   * @return This Context's id or null.
+   */
+  String getId();
+
+  /** Returns whether this Context is a statement (not returning result back
+   * to parent handler's Context) or not (= expression).
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean isStatement();
+
+  /** Sets whether this Context is a statement or not.
+   *
+   * @param b
+   */
+  void setStatement(boolean b);
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DecoderContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DecoderContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69d84e57656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DecoderContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.DecoderContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+/** DecoderContext is a Context implementation which allows access to
+ * the XMLDecoder instance itself. This is used for the &lt;java&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class DecoderContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+  private XMLDecoder decoder;
+
+  public DecoderContext(XMLDecoder xmlDecoder)
+  {
+    decoder = xmlDecoder;
+  }
+
+  private ArrayList objects = new ArrayList();
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    objects.add(o);
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    return decoder;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+   */
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#set(int, java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Set method is not allowed in decoder context."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#get(int)
+   */
+  public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Get method is not allowed in decoder context."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#getResult()
+   */
+  public Object getResult()
+  {
+    return decoder;
+  }
+
+  /** Returns an Iterator that retrieves the assembled objects.
+   * 
+   * @return An Iterator retrieving assembled objects.
+   */
+  public Iterator iterator()
+  {
+    return objects.iterator();
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DefaultExceptionListener.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DefaultExceptionListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71e7158e7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DefaultExceptionListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.DefaultExceptionListener
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+/** The DefaultExceptionListener is the default implementation of the ExceptionListener
+ * interface. An instance of this class is used whenever the user provided no
+ * ExceptionListener instance on its own.
+ *
+ * <p>The implementation just writes the exception's message to <code>System.err</code>.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class DefaultExceptionListener implements ExceptionListener
+{
+  public void exceptionThrown(Exception e)
+  {
+    System.err.println("non-critical exception: " + e + " - message: "
+                       + e.getMessage());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DoubleHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DoubleHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f6be7ec092
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DoubleHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.DoubleHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Double instance from the character data in a &lt;double&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class DoubleHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  DoubleHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Double.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b24549de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.DummyContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+/** The DummyContext is used as the Context implementation for the DummyHandler. It
+ * just prevents having a null-reference.
+ *
+ * <p>When the implementation is correct none of this class' methods
+ * (except <code>notifyStatement()</code>) is called.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class DummyContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+     */
+    public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+    	// intentionally ignored
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+     */
+    public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+     */
+    public boolean subContextFailed()
+    {
+        fail();
+	return false;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#set(int, java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#get(int)
+     */
+    public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#getResult()
+     */
+    public Object getResult()
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    private void fail()
+    {
+        throw new InternalError("Invoking the DummyContext is not expected"
+				+ " - Please file a bug report at"
+				+ " http://www/gnu.org/software/classpath/.");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..880d76adc0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/DummyHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.DummyHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** An ElementHandler implementation that is used as an artificial root
+ * element. This avoids having to check for a null element.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class DummyHandler implements ElementHandler
+{
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#start(org.xml.sax.Attributes, java.beans.ExceptionListener)
+     */
+    public void start(
+        Attributes attributes,
+        ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#end(java.beans.ExceptionListener)
+     */
+    public void end(ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#characters(char[], int, int)
+     */
+    public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#isSubelementAllowed(java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public boolean isSubelementAllowed(String subElementName)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#instantiateClass(java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Class instantiateClass(String className)
+        throws ClassNotFoundException
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#reportStatement(java.beans.ExceptionListener)
+     */
+    public void notifyStatement(ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    {
+        // ignore
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#hasFailed()
+     */
+    public boolean hasFailed()
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#getContext()
+     */
+    public Context getContext()
+    {
+        return new DummyContext();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#contextFailed()
+     */
+    public void notifyContextFailed()
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#putObject(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void putObject(String objectId, Object o)
+    {
+        fail();
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler#getObject(java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object getObject(String objectId)
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    public ElementHandler getParent()
+    {
+        fail();
+	return null;
+    }
+
+    private void fail()
+    {
+        throw new InternalError("Invoking the DummyHandler is not expected"
+			        + " - Please file a bug report at "
+				+ " http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/.");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ElementHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ElementHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6ae60af886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ElementHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ElementHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** ElementHandler manages a Context instance and interacts with
+ * its parent and child handlers.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+interface ElementHandler
+{
+  /** Evaluates the attributes and creates a Context instance.
+   * If the creation of the Context instance fails the ElementHandler
+   * is marked as failed which may affect the parent handler other.
+   *
+   * @param attributes Attributes of the XML tag.
+   */
+  void start(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener);
+
+  /** Post-processes the Context.
+   */
+  void end(ExceptionListener exceptionListener);
+
+  /** Adds characters from the body of the XML tag to the buffer.
+   *
+   * @param ch
+   * @param start
+   * @param length
+   * @throws SAXException
+   */
+  void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length);
+
+  /** Returns whether a subelement of the given name is allowed. The rules
+   * for evaluating this are derived from the javabeans.dtd which can be found
+   * here: <a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/persistence3">Java Persistence Article</a>.
+   * 
+   * @param subElementName 
+   * @return
+   */
+  boolean isSubelementAllowed(String subElementName);
+
+  /** Provides the same functionality as Class.forName() but allows the decoder
+   * to use a different class loader.
+   * 
+   * @param className
+   * @return
+   * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+   */ 
+  Class instantiateClass(String className) throws ClassNotFoundException;
+
+  /** Notifies the handler's Context that its child Context will not return
+   * a value back. Some Context variants need this information to know when
+   * a method or a constructor call can be made.
+   *
+   * This method is called by a child handler.
+   */
+  void notifyStatement(ExceptionListener exceptionListener);
+
+  /** Returns whether this handler has failed.
+   *
+   * This is used to skip child elements.
+   *
+   * @return Whether this handler has failed.
+   */
+  boolean hasFailed();
+
+  /** Returns the Context instance this handler is working on.
+   * 
+   * @return The handler's Context instance.
+   */
+  Context getContext();
+
+  /** Notifies the handler that its Context failed and starts a recursive
+   * invocation of the parent handler if it is affected by that failure.
+   * 
+   * Although the method is a public API member it is only used internally.
+   */
+  void notifyContextFailed();
+
+  /** Stores the object under the given id. The object is not stored if the
+   * id is null.
+   * 
+   * @param objectId
+   * @param o
+   */
+  void putObject(String objectId, Object o);
+
+  Object getObject(String objectId) throws AssemblyException;
+
+  ElementHandler getParent();
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/FloatHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/FloatHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f0e15cefed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/FloatHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.FloatHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Float instance from the character data in a &lt;float&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class FloatHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  FloatHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Float.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/GrowableArrayContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/GrowableArrayContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f24a60b4a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/GrowableArrayContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.GrowableArrayContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+
+/** A Context implementation for a growable array. The array
+ * elements have to be set using expressions.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class GrowableArrayContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+    private static final int INITIAL_SIZE = 16;
+    
+    private Class klass;
+    private Object array;
+    private int length;
+    
+    GrowableArrayContext(String id, Class newClass)
+    {
+        setId(id);
+        klass = newClass;
+        array = Array.newInstance(klass, INITIAL_SIZE);
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+      if (length == Array.getLength(array))
+        {
+          Object tmp = Array.newInstance(klass, length * 2);
+          System.arraycopy(array, 0, tmp, 0, length);
+          array = tmp;
+        }
+        
+      try {
+        Array.set(array, length++, o);
+      } catch(IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+        throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+     */
+    public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        throw new AssemblyException(
+            new IllegalArgumentException("Statements inside a growable array are not allowed."));
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+     */
+    public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        if (length != Array.getLength(array))
+          {
+            Object tmp = Array.newInstance(klass, length);
+            System.arraycopy(array, 0, tmp, 0, length);
+            array = tmp;
+          }
+        
+        return array;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+     */
+    public boolean subContextFailed()
+    {
+        // returns false to indicate that assembling the array does not fail only because
+        // a subelement failed
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#set(int, java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+      try {
+        Array.set(array, index, o);
+      } catch(IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+        throw new AssemblyException(iae);   
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#get(int)
+     */
+    public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+    {
+      return Array.get(array, index);
+    }
+
+    public Object getResult()
+    {
+        return array;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IndexContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IndexContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11f840caeec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IndexContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.IndexContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+/** IndexContext is Context implementation that senses whether it is an indexed get or set
+ * operation and invokes this operation.
+ *
+ * <p>An IndexContent is a get operation when no argument is provided and a set operation if one
+ * argument is provided.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class IndexContext extends AbstractContext
+{
+  private Object result;
+  private Object argument;
+  private int index;
+  private boolean isSetter;
+
+  IndexContext(String id, int newIndex)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    index = newIndex;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (! isSetter)
+      {
+	argument = o;
+	isSetter = true;
+      }
+    else
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("More than one argument for indiced access is not possible."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("Statements inside indiced access are not allowed."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (isSetter)
+      {
+	// setter
+	outerContext.set(index, argument);
+
+	return null;
+      }
+    else
+      // getter
+      return result = outerContext.get(index);
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+   */
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    // returns true to indicate that indiced access assembly fails when one of its
+    // argument could not be assembled
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#set(int, java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("Setter is not allowed inside indiced access."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#get(int)
+   */
+  public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalStateException("getter is not allowed insided indiced access."));
+  }
+
+  public Object getResult()
+  {
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IntHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IntHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a96f4a0315b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/IntHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.IntHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Integer instance from the character data in a &lt;int&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class IntHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  IntHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Integer.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/JavaHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/JavaHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bc8c60288c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/JavaHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.JavaHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** Wraps a DecoderContext instance.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class JavaHandler extends AbstractElementHandler
+{
+  private Context context;
+  private HashMap objectMap = new HashMap();
+  private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  JavaHandler(DummyHandler parent, Context decoderContext,
+              ClassLoader cl)
+  {
+    super(parent, true);
+
+    classLoader = cl;
+
+    context = decoderContext;
+
+  }
+
+  protected Context startElement(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    // may expect version and class attribute but it not used in JDK 
+    // so we do either
+    return context;
+  }
+
+  public Object getObject(String objectId)
+  {
+    return objectMap.get(objectId);
+  }
+
+  public void putObject(String objectId, Object o)
+  {
+    if (objectId != null)
+      objectMap.put(objectId, o);
+  }
+
+  public Class instantiateClass(String className)
+    throws ClassNotFoundException
+  {
+    return Class.forName(className, false, classLoader);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/LongHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/LongHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7bfa54e54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/LongHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.LongHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Creates a Long instance from the character data in a &lt;long&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class LongHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  LongHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Long.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bad0a213f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.MethodContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/** MethodContext collects arguments for a method call and creates the result object
+ * using it. The method is called using the result object of the parent Context.
+ *
+ * <p>When the result object is available methods can be called on it using sub-Contexts.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class MethodContext extends AbstractCreatableObjectContext
+{
+    private ArrayList arguments = new ArrayList();
+    private String methodName;
+
+    MethodContext(String id, String newMethodName)
+    {
+        setId(id);
+        setStatement(true);
+        methodName = newMethodName;
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+     */
+    public void addParameterObjectImpl(Object o)
+    {
+        arguments.add(o);
+    }
+
+    /* (non-Javadoc)
+     * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+     */
+    protected Object createObject(Context outerContext)
+        throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        Object outerObject = outerContext.getResult();
+
+        if (outerObject == null)
+            throw new AssemblyException(
+                new NullPointerException(
+                    "No object to invoke method " + methodName));
+
+        Object[] args = arguments.toArray();
+
+        try
+        {
+            Method method =
+                MethodFinder.getMethod(
+                    outerObject.getClass(),
+                    methodName,
+                    args);
+            return method.invoke(outerObject, args);
+        }
+        catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+        }
+        catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+        }
+        catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+        {
+            throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodFinder.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodFinder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3968b173adb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/MethodFinder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.MethodFinder
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+class MethodFinder
+{
+	/** Provides a mapping between a wrapper class and its corresponding primitive's type. */
+	private static HashMap typeMapping = new HashMap();
+
+	static {
+		typeMapping.put(Byte.class, Byte.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Short.class, Short.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Integer.class, Integer.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Long.class, Long.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Float.class, Float.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Double.class, Double.TYPE);
+
+		typeMapping.put(Character.class, Character.TYPE);
+		typeMapping.put(Boolean.class, Boolean.TYPE);
+	}
+
+	private MethodFinder()
+	{
+	}
+
+	/** Searches a Method which can accept the given arguments.
+	 *
+	 * @param klass
+	 * @param name
+	 * @param arguments
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws NoSuchMethodException
+	 */
+	static Method getMethod(Class klass, String name, Object[] arguments)
+		throws NoSuchMethodException
+	{
+		// prepares array containing the types of the arguments
+		Class[] argumentTypes = getArgumentTypes(arguments);
+
+		Method[] methods = klass.getMethods();
+
+		// iterates over all public methods
+		for (int i = 0; i < methods.length; i++)
+		{
+			if (methods[i].getName().equals(name))
+			{
+				if (matchingArgumentTypes(methods[i].getParameterTypes(),
+					argumentTypes))
+					return methods[i];
+			}
+		}
+
+		throw new NoSuchMethodException(
+			"Could not find a matching method named "
+				+ name
+				+ "() in class "
+				+ klass);
+	}
+
+	static Constructor getConstructor(Class klass, Object[] arguments)
+		throws NoSuchMethodException
+	{
+		Class[] argumentTypes = getArgumentTypes(arguments);
+		Constructor[] constructors = klass.getConstructors();
+
+		// iterates over all public methods
+		for (int i = 0; i < constructors.length; i++)
+		{
+			if (matchingArgumentTypes(constructors[i].getParameterTypes(),
+				argumentTypes))
+				return constructors[i];
+		}
+
+		throw new NoSuchMethodException(
+			"Could not find a matching constructor in class " + klass);
+	}
+
+	/** Transforms an array of argument objects into an array of argument types.
+	 * For each argument being null the argument is null, too. An argument type
+	 * being null means: Accepts everything (although this can be ambigous).
+	 * 
+	 * @param arguments
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static Class[] getArgumentTypes(Object[] arguments)
+	{
+		if (arguments == null)
+			return new Class[0];
+
+		// prepares array containing the types of the arguments
+		Class[] argumentTypes = new Class[arguments.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++)
+			argumentTypes[i] =
+				(arguments[i] == null) ? null : arguments[i].getClass();
+		return argumentTypes;
+	}
+
+	/** Tests whether the argument types supplied to the method argument types
+	 * are assignable. In addition to the assignment specifications this method
+	 * handles the primitive's wrapper classes as if they were of their
+	 * primitive type (e.g Boolean.class equals Boolean.TYPE).
+	 * When a supplied argument type is null it is assumed that no argument
+	 * object was supplied for it and the test for this particular parameter will
+	 * pass.
+	 *
+	 * @param methodArgTypes
+	 * @param suppliedArgTypes
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static boolean matchingArgumentTypes(
+		Class[] methodArgTypes,
+		Class[] suppliedArgTypes)
+	{
+		if (methodArgTypes.length != suppliedArgTypes.length)
+			return false;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < methodArgTypes.length; i++)
+		{
+			if (suppliedArgTypes[i] == null)
+			{
+				// by definition a non-existant argument type (null) can be converted to everything
+				continue;
+			}
+			else if (typeMapping.containsKey(suppliedArgTypes[i]))
+			{
+				Class primitiveType =
+					(Class) typeMapping.get(suppliedArgTypes[i]);
+				if (!(methodArgTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(suppliedArgTypes[i])
+					|| methodArgTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(primitiveType)))
+					return false;
+			}
+			else if (!methodArgTypes[i].isAssignableFrom(suppliedArgTypes[i]))
+				return false;
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/NullHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/NullHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..549617db3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/NullHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.NullHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+
+/** Just provides the 'null' object.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class NullHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  NullHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String characters) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (! characters.equals(""))
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("No characters inside <void> tag allowed."));
+
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf88a2c2c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ObjectHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+/** ObjectContext is a {@link Context} implementation that wraps a simple Object instance.
+ * The instance can be provided when the Context is created (due to an 'idref'
+ * attribute) or later (eg. &lt;int&gt; tag)
+ *
+ * <p>The ObjectContext does not accept any parameter object and ignores notifications
+ * about sub-contexts being statements.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+final class ObjectContext extends AbstractObjectContext
+{
+  ObjectContext(Object newObject)
+  {
+    setObject(newObject);
+  }
+
+  ObjectContext(String id, Object newObject)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    setObject(newObject);
+  }
+
+  ObjectContext()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Adding objects to an ObjectContext is not allowed."));
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#reportStatement()
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    // can ignore that
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    // just returns the object which is encapsuled (may be null)
+    return getResult();
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#subContextFailed()
+   */
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    // this context will not fail when a subcontext fails because the result is
+    // already available when the context is created.
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc5b3290bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ObjectHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ObjectHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** An ObjectHandler parses the &lt;object&gt; tag and thereby creates various
+ * Context implementations.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ *
+ */
+public class ObjectHandler extends AbstractElementHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * XXX: Can all results be stored with an object id?
+   *
+   *
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  ObjectHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent, true);
+  }
+
+  protected Context startElement(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    String className = attributes.getValue("class");
+    String methodName = attributes.getValue("method");
+    String fieldName = attributes.getValue("field");
+    String index = attributes.getValue("index");
+    String propertyName = attributes.getValue("property");
+    String id = attributes.getValue("id");
+    String idRef = attributes.getValue("idref");
+
+    /* first check if we just want to access an existing object (idref present)
+     *
+     * note: <object idref="foo" method="bar"/> is not valid to call method "bar"
+     * on the object with id "foo". Instead this should return the object "foo"
+     * itself. The right way to this is:
+     * <object idref="foo">
+     *         <object method="bar"/>
+     * </object>
+     *
+     * This means that if idref is present class, method, field, index and
+     * property are obsolete.
+     */
+    if (idRef != null)
+      // reactivates an existing object and giving it another name if id exists
+      return new ObjectContext(id, getObject(idRef));
+
+    // decides whether we are in a static (className present) or dynamic context
+    if (className != null)
+      {
+	try
+	  {
+	    Class klass = instantiateClass(className);
+
+	    // class name exists which means that we are in a static context.
+	    // so we may want to ...
+	    // access a static field if the fieldName exists
+	    if (fieldName != null)
+	      {
+		try
+		  {
+		    return new ObjectContext(id,
+		                             klass.getField(fieldName).get(null));
+		  }
+		catch (NoSuchFieldException nsfe)
+		  {
+		    throw new AssemblyException(nsfe);
+		  }
+		catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+		  {
+		    throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+		  }
+	      }
+
+	    // (falling through is important!)
+	    // run a constructor if methodName is "new" or null
+	    if (methodName == null || methodName.equals("new"))
+	      return new ConstructorContext(id, klass);
+
+	    // (falling through is important!)
+	    // run a static method on the given class (if methodName exists, which is implied already) 
+	    return new StaticMethodContext(id, klass, methodName);
+	    // XXX: should fail if unexpected attributes are present?
+	  }
+	catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
+	  {
+	    throw new AssemblyException(cnfe);
+	  }
+      }
+    else
+      {
+	// className does not exist which means we are in the context of
+	// some object and want to ...
+	// access the get(int index) method if index != null
+	if (index != null)
+	  {
+	    try
+	      {
+		// Note: http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/tsc/articles/persistence3/ says
+		// that <void index="4"/> will make up a get()-call. But this is wrong because
+		// <void/> tags never return values (to the surrounding context)
+		return new IndexContext(id, Integer.parseInt(index));
+	      }
+	    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+	      {
+		throw new AssemblyException(nfe);
+	      }
+	  }
+
+	// access a method if methodName exists
+	if (methodName != null)
+	  return new MethodContext(id, methodName);
+
+	// (falling through is important!)
+	// access a property if a propertyName exists
+	if (propertyName != null && propertyName.length() > 0)
+	  // this is reported as an ordinary method access where the propertyName is
+	  // converted into a 'getter'-method name: convert first character of property name
+	  // to upper case and prepend 'get'
+	  // Note: This will be a getter-method because the <object> tag implies that a return
+	  // value is expected.
+	  return new PropertyContext(id, propertyName);
+      }
+
+    throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Wrong or missing attributes for <object> tag."));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PersistenceParser.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PersistenceParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4eb37abef97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PersistenceParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,485 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.PersistenceParser
+   Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+import java.beans.XMLDecoder;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser;
+import javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
+
+/** The PersistenceParser parses an XML data stream and delegates actions to ElementHandler
+ * instances. The parser catches and recovers from all exception which reside from wrong usage
+ * of attributes and tags.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+public class PersistenceParser extends DefaultHandler implements Context
+{
+	/** The ExceptionListener instance which is informed of non-critical parsing exceptions.
+	 */
+	private ExceptionListener exceptionListener;
+
+	/** When an element was not usable all elements inside it should be skipped.
+	 * This is done by skipping startElement() and endElement() invocations whenever
+	 * this value is above 0.
+	 */
+	private int skipElement;
+
+	/** Stores the Creator instances which can instantiate the appropriate handler implementation
+	 * for a given element.
+	 */
+	private HashMap handlerCreators = new HashMap();
+
+	/** Denotes the current ElementHandler. To avoid checking for null-values it is pre-assigned
+	 * with a DummyHandler instance which must not be used but acts as a root element.
+	 */
+	private ElementHandler currentHandler;
+
+	/** The real root element that stores all objects created during parsing.
+	 * Package-private to avoid an accessor method.
+	 */
+	JavaHandler javaHandler;
+
+	/** Stores the decoded objects. */
+	private List objects = new LinkedList();
+
+	/** The XMLDecoder instance that started this PersistenceParser */
+	private XMLDecoder decoder;
+
+	/** Creates a PersistenceParser which reads XML data from the given InputStream, reports
+	 * exceptions to ExceptionListener instance, stores resulting object in the DecoderContext
+	 * and uses the given ClassLoader to resolve classes.
+	 *
+	 * @param inputStream
+	 * @param exceptionListener
+	 * @param decoderContext
+	 * @param cl
+	 */
+	public PersistenceParser(
+		InputStream inputStream,
+		ExceptionListener exceptionListener,
+		ClassLoader cl,
+		XMLDecoder decoder)
+	{
+
+		this.exceptionListener = exceptionListener;
+		this.decoder = decoder;
+
+		DummyHandler dummyHandler = new DummyHandler();
+		currentHandler = dummyHandler;
+		javaHandler = new JavaHandler(dummyHandler, this, cl);
+
+		SAXParserFactory factory = SAXParserFactory.newInstance();
+
+		SAXParser parser;
+		try
+		{
+			parser = factory.newSAXParser();
+		}
+		catch (ParserConfigurationException pce)
+		{
+			// should not happen when a parser is available because we did
+			// not request any requirements on the XML parser
+			throw (InternalError) new InternalError(
+				"No SAX Parser available.").initCause(
+				pce);
+		}
+		catch (SAXException saxe)
+		{
+			// should not happen when a parser is available because we did
+			// not request any requirements on the XML parser
+			throw (InternalError) new InternalError(
+				"No SAX Parser available.").initCause(
+				saxe);
+		}
+
+		// prepares a map of Creator instances which can instantiate a handler which is
+		// appropriate for the tag that is used as a key for the Creator
+		handlerCreators.put("java", new JavaHandlerCreator());
+
+		// calls methods (properties), constructors, access fields
+		handlerCreators.put("object", new ObjectHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("void", new VoidHandlerCreator());
+
+		handlerCreators.put("array", new ArrayHandlerCreator());
+
+		// these handler directly create an Object (or null)
+		handlerCreators.put("class", new ClassHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("null", new NullHandlerCreator());
+
+		handlerCreators.put("char", new CharHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("string", new StringHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("boolean", new BooleanHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("byte", new ByteHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("short", new ShortHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("int", new IntHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("long", new LongHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("float", new FloatHandlerCreator());
+		handlerCreators.put("double", new DoubleHandlerCreator());
+
+		// parses the data and sends all exceptions to the ExceptionListener
+		try
+		{
+			parser.parse(inputStream, this);
+		}
+		catch (SAXException saxe)
+		{
+			exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(
+				new IllegalArgumentException("XML data not well-formed."));
+		}
+		catch (IOException ioe)
+		{
+			exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(ioe);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void startElement(
+		String uri,
+		String localName,
+		String qName,
+		Attributes attributes)
+		throws SAXException
+	{
+		/* The element is skipped if
+		 * a) the current handler has already failed or a previous error occured
+		 * which makes all children obsolete
+		 */
+		if (currentHandler.hasFailed() || skipElement > 0)
+		{
+			exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(
+				new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"Element unusable due to previous error: " + qName));
+
+			skipElement++;
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/* b) Subelements are not allowed within the current ElementHandler.
+		 */
+		if (!currentHandler.isSubelementAllowed(qName))
+		{
+			exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(
+				new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"Element is not allowed here: " + qName));
+
+			skipElement++;
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/* c) The tag name is not a key in the map of Creator instances. This means that
+		* either the XML data is of a newer version or simply contains a miss-spelled element.
+		*/
+		if (!handlerCreators.containsKey(qName))
+		{
+			exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(
+				new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"Element unusable because tag is unknown: " + qName));
+
+			skipElement++;
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// creates a new handler for the new element
+		AbstractElementHandler handler =
+			((Creator) handlerCreators.get(qName)).createHandler(
+				currentHandler);
+
+		// makes it the current handler to receive character data
+		currentHandler = handler;
+
+		// starts the handler
+		currentHandler.start(attributes, exceptionListener);
+	}
+
+	public void endElement(String uri, String localName, String qName)
+		throws SAXException
+	{
+		// skips processing the current handler if we are parsing an element
+		// which was marked invalid (in startElement() ) 
+		if (skipElement > 0)
+		{
+			skipElement--;
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// invokes the handler's finishing method
+		currentHandler.end(exceptionListener);
+
+		// removes the current handler and reactivates its parent
+		currentHandler = currentHandler.getParent();
+	}
+
+	/** Transfers character data to the current handler
+	 */
+	public void characters(char[] ch, int start, int length)
+		throws SAXException
+	{
+		// prevents sending character data of invalid elements
+		if (skipElement > 0)
+			return;
+
+		currentHandler.characters(ch, start, length);
+	}
+
+	/** Creator interface provided a mechanism to instantiate ElementHandler instances
+	 * for the appropriate tag.
+	 *
+	 * @author Robert Schuster
+	 */
+	interface Creator
+	{
+		/** Creates an ElementHandler instance using the given ElementHandler as its parent.
+		 *
+		 * @param parent The parent ElementHandler of the result.
+		 * @return A new ElementHandler instance.
+		 */
+		AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent);
+	}
+
+	class BooleanHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new BooleanHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ByteHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new ByteHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ShortHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new ShortHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class IntHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new IntHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class LongHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new LongHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class FloatHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new FloatHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class DoubleHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new DoubleHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class CharHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new CharHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class StringHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new StringHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class JavaHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return javaHandler;
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ObjectHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new ObjectHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class VoidHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new VoidHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ClassHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new ClassHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class NullHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new NullHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	class ArrayHandlerCreator implements Creator
+	{
+		public AbstractElementHandler createHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+		{
+			return new ArrayHandler(parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** Adds a decoded object to the Context. */
+	public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+	{
+		objects.add(o);
+	}
+
+	public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+	{
+		// can be ignored because theis Context does not react to statement and expressions
+		// differently
+	}
+
+	public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public boolean subContextFailed()
+	{
+		// failing of subcontexts is no problem for the mother of all contexts
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public void set(int index, Object o) throws AssemblyException
+	{
+		// not supported
+		throw new AssemblyException(
+			new IllegalArgumentException("Set method is not allowed in decoder context."));
+	}
+
+	public Object get(int index) throws AssemblyException
+	{
+		// not supported
+		throw new AssemblyException(
+			new IllegalArgumentException("Get method is not allowed in decoder context."));
+	}
+
+	public Object getResult()
+	{
+		// returns the XMLDecoder instance which is requested by child contexts this way.
+		// That is needed to invoke methods on the decoder.
+		return decoder;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(String id)
+	{
+		exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(new IllegalArgumentException("id attribute is not allowed for <java> tag."));
+	}
+
+	public String getId()
+	{
+		// appears to have no id
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isStatement()
+	{
+		// this context is a statement by definition because it never returns anything to a parent because
+		// there is no such parent (DummyContext does not count!)
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	public void setStatement(boolean b)
+	{
+		// ignores that because this Context is always a statement
+	}
+
+	/** Returns an Iterator instance which returns the decoded objects.
+	 * 
+	 * This method is used by the XMLDecoder directly. 
+	 */ 
+	public Iterator iterator()
+	{
+		return objects.iterator();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PropertyContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PropertyContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..838ef814b01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/PropertyContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.PropertyContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/** PropertyContext is a Context implementation that is very similar to MethodContext
+ * and IndexContext. The sole purpose of PropertyContext to find out whether it should
+ * 'set' or 'get' a certain property. This decision is made using the number of
+ * arguments.
+ * <p>When the method call has to be made and there is no argument we 'get' the property.
+ * With one argument it is 'set'.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class PropertyContext extends AbstractObjectContext
+{
+  private Object argument;
+  private String propertyName;
+  private String prefix = "get";
+  private boolean methodCalled;
+
+  PropertyContext(String id, String newPropertyName)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    propertyName = newPropertyName;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObject(Object o) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (methodCalled)
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot add parameter object when method was already called."));
+
+    if (argument != null)
+      throw new AssemblyException(new IllegalArgumentException("Property attribut allows zero or one argument only."));
+
+    argument = o;
+	setStatement(true);
+    prefix = "set";
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  public void notifyStatement(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    if (methodCalled)
+      return;
+    methodCalled = true;
+
+    Object outerObject = outerContext.getResult();
+
+    if (outerObject == null)
+      throw new AssemblyException(new NullPointerException("No object to access property "
+	  + propertyName));
+    
+
+    // converts property name into a method name
+    String methodName = prefix + propertyName.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase()
+                        + propertyName.substring(1);
+
+    // prepares the argument
+    Object[] args = (argument != null) ? new Object[] { argument } : null;
+
+    try
+      {
+	Method method = MethodFinder.getMethod(outerObject.getClass(),
+	                                       methodName, args);
+
+	// stores the result whether it is available or not
+	setObject(method.invoke(outerObject, args));
+      }
+    catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+      }
+    catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+      }
+    catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+      }
+  }
+
+  public Object endContext(Context outerContext) throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    notifyStatement(outerContext);
+
+    return getResult();
+  }
+
+  public boolean subContextFailed()
+  {
+    return ! methodCalled;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ShortHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ShortHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab6ddbece26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/ShortHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.ShortHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+/** Creates a Short instance from the character data in a &lt;short&gt; tag.
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class ShortHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  ShortHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String number) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    return Short.valueOf(number);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/SimpleHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/SimpleHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc187e8a052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/SimpleHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.SimpleHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+/** XML element handler that is specialized on tags that contains a simple string in their
+ * body which has to be parsed in a specific way.
+ * <p>All of these tags have in common that they do not accept attributes. A warning is
+ * send to the parser's ExceptionListener when one or more attributes exist.</p>
+ *
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+abstract class SimpleHandler extends AbstractElementHandler
+{
+  private ObjectContext context;
+
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  SimpleHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent, false);
+
+    // SimpleHandler do not accept any subelements
+  }
+
+  protected final Context startElement(Attributes attributes, ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+  	
+    // note: simple elements should not have any attributes. We inform
+    // the user of this syntactical but uncritical problem by sending
+    // an IllegalArgumentException for each unneccessary attribute
+    int size = attributes.getLength();
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            String attributeName = attributes.getQName(i);
+            Exception e =
+                    new IllegalArgumentException(
+                            "Unneccessary attribute '"
+                                    + attributeName
+                                    + "' discarded.");
+            exceptionListener.exceptionThrown(e);
+    }
+    
+    return context = new ObjectContext();
+  }
+
+  public void endElement(String characters)
+    throws AssemblyException, AssemblyException
+  {
+    // reports the number when the character data can be parsed
+    try
+      {
+	context.setObject(parse(characters));
+      }
+    catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(nfe);
+      }
+  }
+
+  /** Returns an object that is created from the given characters. If the string is
+   * converted into a number a NumberFormatException is cathed and reported
+   * appropriately.
+   *
+   * @param characters A string of characters that has to be processed in some way.
+   * @return An Object instance generated from the given data.
+   * @throws AssemblerException When the string was invalid.
+   * @throws NumberFormatException When the string could not be parsed into a number.
+   */
+  protected abstract Object parse(String characters)
+    throws AssemblyException, NumberFormatException;
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StaticMethodContext.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StaticMethodContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..959c949f77b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StaticMethodContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.StaticMethodContext
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * @author Robert Schuster
+ */
+class StaticMethodContext extends AbstractCreatableObjectContext
+{
+  private ArrayList arguments = new ArrayList();
+  private Class klass;
+  private String methodName;
+
+  StaticMethodContext(String id, Class newClass, String newMethodName)
+  {
+    setId(id);
+    klass = newClass;
+    methodName = newMethodName;
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#addObject(java.lang.Object)
+   */
+  public void addParameterObjectImpl(Object o)
+  {
+    arguments.add(o);
+  }
+
+  /* (non-Javadoc)
+   * @see gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context#endContext(gnu.java.beans.decoder.Context)
+   */
+  protected Object createObject(Context outerContext)
+    throws AssemblyException
+  {
+    Object[] args = arguments.toArray();
+
+    try
+      {
+	Method method = MethodFinder.getMethod(klass, methodName, args);
+	return method.invoke(null, args);
+      }
+    catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(nsme);
+      }
+    catch (InvocationTargetException ite)
+      {
+	// rethrows the reason for the InvocationTargetsException (ie. the exception in the called code)
+	throw new AssemblyException(ite.getCause());
+      }
+    catch (IllegalAccessException iae)
+      {
+	throw new AssemblyException(iae);
+      }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StringHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StringHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f2311a9e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/StringHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.StringHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+class StringHandler extends SimpleHandler
+{
+  /**
+   * @param PersistenceParser
+   */
+  StringHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+  {
+    super(parent);
+  }
+
+  protected Object parse(String characters)
+  {
+    return characters;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/VoidHandler.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/VoidHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca3664bbed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/VoidHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.decoder.VoidHandler
+   Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+package gnu.java.beans.decoder;
+
+import java.beans.ExceptionListener;
+
+import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
+
+public class VoidHandler extends AbstractElementHandler
+{
+    /**
+     * @param PersistenceParser
+     */
+    VoidHandler(ElementHandler parent)
+    {
+        super(parent, true);
+    }
+
+    protected Context startElement(
+        Attributes attributes,
+        ExceptionListener exceptionListener)
+        throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        Context ctx = startElementImpl(attributes);
+        ctx.setStatement(true);
+
+        return ctx;
+    }
+
+    private Context startElementImpl(Attributes attributes)
+        throws AssemblyException
+    {
+        String id = attributes.getValue("id");
+        String className = attributes.getValue("class");
+        String methodName = attributes.getValue("method");
+        String propertyName = attributes.getValue("property");
+        String index = attributes.getValue("index");
+
+        if (className != null)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                Class klass = instantiateClass(className);
+
+                // class name exists which means that we are in a static context.
+                // so we may want to ...
+                // run a constructor if methodName is "new" or null
+                if (methodName == null || methodName.equals("new"))
+                    // if the id is null the result cannot be by the decoder accessed but the
+                    // constructor may have side effects (e.g. registering itself in a global registry)
+                    return new ConstructorContext(id, klass);
+
+                // (falling through is important!)
+                // run a static method on the given class (if methodName exists, which is implied already) 
+                return new StaticMethodContext(id, klass, methodName);
+            }
+            catch (ClassNotFoundException cnfe)
+            {
+                throw new AssemblyException(cnfe);
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // className does not exist which means we are in the context of
+            // some object and want to ...
+            // access an element by index
+            if (index != null)
+            {
+                // note: whether this resolves into get(i) or set(i, o) depends on the
+                // number of arguments and is decided by the ObjectAssembler
+                try
+                {
+                    return new IndexContext(id, Integer.parseInt(index));
+                }
+                catch (NumberFormatException nfe)
+                {
+                    throw new AssemblyException(nfe);
+                }
+            }
+
+            // access a method if methodName exists
+            if (methodName != null)
+                return new MethodContext(id, methodName);
+
+            // (falling through is important!)
+            // access a property if a propertyName exists
+            if (propertyName != null && propertyName.length() > 0)
+                // this is reported as an ordinary method invocation where the propertyName is
+                // converted into a 'setter'-method name: convert first character of property name
+                // to upper case and prepend 'set'
+                // Note: This will be a setter-method because the <void> tag implies that no return
+                // value is expected (but a side effect)
+                return new PropertyContext(id, propertyName);
+        }
+
+        // if code reaches this point the tag has wrong attributes. The following test
+        // does not make it better but can provide are more specific error message for
+        // a common mistake: <void> tags are not allowed to have an idref attribute
+        throw new AssemblyException(
+            new IllegalArgumentException(
+                (attributes.getValue("idref") == null)
+                    ? "Missing attributes for <void> tag"
+                    : "<void> does not support 'idref' attribute."));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/package.html b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/package.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8fe65eeed78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/decoder/package.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html - describes classes in gnu.java.beans.decoder package.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. -->
+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - gnu.java.beans.decoder</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p></p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/ColorEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/ColorEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b099eb2f0e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/ColorEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.ColorEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeByteEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** byte type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class ColorEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	Color[] stdColors = {Color.black,Color.blue,Color.cyan,
+	                     Color.darkGray,Color.gray,Color.green,
+	                     Color.lightGray,Color.magenta,Color.orange,
+	                     Color.pink,Color.red,Color.white,
+	                     Color.yellow};
+	String[] stdColorNames = {"black","blue","cyan",
+	                          "dark gray","gray","green",
+	                          "light gray","magenta","orange",
+	                          "pink","red","white",
+	                          "yellow"};
+
+	/** setAsText for Color checks for standard color names
+	 ** and then checks for a #RRGGBB value or just RRGGBB,
+	 ** both in hex.
+	 **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		if(val.length() == 0) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Tried to set empty value!");
+		}
+		for(int i=0;i<stdColorNames.length;i++) {
+			if(stdColorNames[i].equalsIgnoreCase(val)) {
+				setValue(stdColors[i]);
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		if(val.charAt(0) == '#') {
+			setValue(new Color(Integer.parseInt(val.substring(1),16)));
+		} else {
+			setValue(new Color(Integer.parseInt(val,16)));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for Color turns the color into either one of the standard
+	 ** colors or into an RGB hex value with # prepended. **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		for(int i=0;i<stdColors.length;i++) {
+			if(stdColors[i].equals(getValue())) {
+				return stdColorNames[i];
+			}
+		}
+		return "#" + Integer.toHexString(((Color)getValue()).getRGB() & 0x00FFFFFF);
+	}
+
+	/** getTags for Color returns a list of standard colors. **/
+	public String[] getTags() {
+		return stdColorNames;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/FontEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/FontEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..904f7bebfbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/FontEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.FontEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.awt.Font;
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** FontEditor is a property editor for java.awt.Font.
+ **
+ ** <STRONG>To Do:</STRONG> Add custom font chooser
+ ** component.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class FontEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for Font calls Font.decode(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Font.decode(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for Font returns a value in the format
+	 ** expected by Font.decode().
+	 **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		Font f = (Font)getValue();
+		if(f.isBold()) {
+			if(f.isItalic()) {
+				return f.getName()+"-bolditalic-"+f.getSize();
+			} else {
+				return f.getName()+"-bold-"+f.getSize();
+			}
+		} else if(f.isItalic()) {
+			return f.getName()+"-italic-"+f.getSize();
+		} else {
+			return f.getName()+"-"+f.getSize();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeBooleanEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeBooleanEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3620cc1747a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeBooleanEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeBooleanEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeBooleanEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** boolean type.<P>
+ **
+ ** <STRONG>To Do:</STRONG> add support for a checkbox
+ ** as the custom editor.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeBooleanEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	String[] tags = {"true","false"};
+
+	/**
+	 * setAsText for boolean checks for true or false or t or f.
+	 * "" also means false.
+	 **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		if(val.equalsIgnoreCase("true") || val.equalsIgnoreCase("t")) {
+			setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
+		} else if(val.equalsIgnoreCase("false") || val.equalsIgnoreCase("f") || val.equals("")) {
+			setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value must be true, false, t, f or empty.");
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/** getAsText for boolean calls Boolean.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeByteEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeByteEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3ec5fa1945
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeByteEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeByteEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeByteEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** byte type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeByteEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for byte calls Byte.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Byte.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for byte calls Byte.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeDoubleEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeDoubleEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d8aae15337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeDoubleEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeDoubleEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeDoubleEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** double type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeDoubleEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for double calls Double.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Double.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for double calls Double.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeFloatEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeFloatEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..801377e7df9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeFloatEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeFloatEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeFloatEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** float type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeFloatEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for float calls Float.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Float.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for float calls Float.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeIntEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeIntEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6148841c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeIntEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeIntEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeIntEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** int type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeIntEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for int calls Integer.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Integer.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for int calls Integer.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeLongEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeLongEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95e9dc87028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeLongEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeLongEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeLongEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** long type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeLongEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for long calls Long.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Long.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for long calls Long.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeShortEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeShortEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ffaa266492e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/NativeShortEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.NativeShortEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeShortEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** short type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class NativeShortEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText for short calls Short.valueOf(). **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(Short.valueOf(val));
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText for short calls Short.toString(). **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return getValue().toString();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/StringEditor.java b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/StringEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8242d5475a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/StringEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/* gnu.java.beans.editors.StringEditor
+   Copyright (C) 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+ 
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.java.beans.editors;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+
+/**
+ ** NativeByteEditor is a property editor for the
+ ** byte type.
+ **
+ ** @author John Keiser
+ ** @version 1.1.0, 29 Jul 1998
+ **/
+
+public class StringEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
+	/** setAsText just sets the value. **/
+	public void setAsText(String val) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+		setValue(val);
+	}
+
+	/** getAsText just returns the value. **/
+	public String getAsText() {
+		return (String)getValue();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/TODO b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/TODO
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6877f4caf4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- write tests for all editors
+- add some sort of ColorChooser as a custom editor for ColorEditor
+- add a FileNameEditor
+- add a FontChooser as a custom editor for FontEditor
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/package.html b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/package.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..465f68d174d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/editors/package.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html - describes classes in gnu.java.beans.editors package.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. -->
+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - gnu.java.beans.editors</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p></p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/package.html b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/package.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b0526834c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/gnu/java/beans/package.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html - describes classes in gnu.java.beans package.
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath 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
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. -->
+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - gnu.java.beans</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p></p>
+
+</body>
+</html>