1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/plist/parser.rb b/lib/plist/parser.rb
index 7d1de9f..e0623ae 100644
--- a/lib/plist/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/plist/parser.rb
@@ -59,8 +59,15 @@ module Plist
   end
 
   class StreamParser
-    def initialize( filename_or_xml, listener )
-      @filename_or_xml = filename_or_xml
+    def initialize( plist_data_or_file, listener )
+      if plist_data_or_file.respond_to? :read
+        @xml = plist_data_or_file.read
+      elsif File.exists? plist_data_or_file
+        @xml = File.read( plist_data_or_file )
+      else
+        @xml = plist_data_or_file
+      end
+
       @listener = listener
     end
 
@@ -78,15 +85,7 @@ module Plist
 
       require 'strscan'
 
-      contents = (
-        if (File.exists? @filename_or_xml)
-          File.open(@filename_or_xml) {|f| f.read}
-        else
-          @filename_or_xml
-        end
-      )
-
-      @scanner = StringScanner.new( contents )
+      @scanner = StringScanner.new( @xml )
       until @scanner.eos?
         if @scanner.scan(COMMENT_START)
           @scanner.scan(COMMENT_END)