@@ -757,11 +757,11 @@
 		for (i = 0; i < length_; i++) {
 			of_unichar_t character =
 			    (swap ? of_bswap16(string_[i]) : string_[i]);
 			size_t characterLen;
 
-			/* Missed the high surrogate */
+			/* Missing high surrogate */
 			if ((character & 0xFC00) == 0xDC00)
 				@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException
 				    newWithClass: isa];
 
 			if ((character & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
@@ -1069,10 +1069,33 @@
 	self = [[c alloc] initWithCString: (char*)[[result data] cArray]
 				 encoding: encoding
 				   length: [[result data] count]];
 
 	[pool release];
+	return self;
+}
+
+- initWithSerialization: (OFXMLElement*)element
+{
+	@try {
+		OFAutoreleasePool *pool = [[OFAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+
+		if (![[element name] isEqual: @"object"] ||
+		    ![[element namespace] isEqual: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS] ||
+		    ![[[element attributeForName: @"class"] stringValue]
+		    isEqual: [isa className]])
+			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException newWithClass: isa
+							       selector: _cmd];
+
+		self = [self initWithString: [element stringValue]];
+
+		[pool release];
+	} @catch (id e) {
+		[self release];
+		@throw e;
+	}
+
 	return self;
 }
 
 - (const char*)cString
 {