Index: src/OFXMLElement.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLElement.h
+++ src/OFXMLElement.h
@@ -105,10 +105,18 @@
  * \param comment The comment the element represents
  * \return A new autoreleased OFXMLElement consisting of the specified comment
  */
 + elementWithComment: (OFString*)comment;
 
+/**
+ * Parses the string and returns an OFXMLElement for it.
+ *
+ * \param str The string to parse
+ * \return A new autoreleased OFXMLElement with the contents of the string
+ */
++ elementWithString: (OFString*)str;
+
 /**
  * Initializes an already allocated OFXMLElement with the specified element
  * name.
  *
  * \param name The name for the element
@@ -179,10 +187,18 @@
  * \param comment The comment the element represents
  * \return An initialized OFXMLElement consisting of the specified comment
  */
 - initWithComment: (OFString*)comment;
 
+/**
+ * Parses the string and initializes an already allocated OFXMLElement with it.
+ *
+ * \param str The string to parse
+ * \return An initialized OFXMLElement with the contents of the string
+ */
+- initWithString: (OFString*)str;
+
 /**
  * \return The name of the element
  */
 - (OFString*)name;
 

Index: src/OFXMLElement.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLElement.m
+++ src/OFXMLElement.m
@@ -22,15 +22,39 @@
 #import "OFXMLElement.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 #import "OFXMLAttribute.h"
+#import "OFXMLParser.h"
+#import "OFXMLElementBuilder.h"
 #import "OFAutoreleasePool.h"
 
 #import "OFInvalidArgumentException.h"
 #import "OFNotImplementedException.h"
 #import "OFUnboundNamespaceException.h"
+
+@interface OFXMLElement_OFXMLElementBuilderDelegate: OFObject
+{
+@public
+	OFXMLElement *element;
+}
+@end
+
+@implementation OFXMLElement_OFXMLElementBuilderDelegate
+- (void)elementBuilder: (OFXMLElementBuilder*)builder
+       didBuildElement: (OFXMLElement*)elem
+{
+	element = [elem retain];
+}
+
+- (void)dealloc
+{
+	[element release];
+
+	[super dealloc];
+}
+@end
 
 @implementation OFXMLElement
 + elementWithName: (OFString*)name_
 {
 	return [[[self alloc] initWithName: name_] autorelease];
@@ -71,10 +95,15 @@
 
 + elementWithComment: (OFString*)comment
 {
 	return [[[self alloc] initWithComment: comment] autorelease];
 }
+
++ elementWithString: (OFString*)str
+{
+	return [[[self alloc] initWithString: str] autorelease];
+}
 
 - init
 {
 	Class c = isa;
 	[self release];
@@ -168,10 +197,43 @@
 {
 	self = [super init];
 
 	@try {
 		comment = [comment_ copy];
+	} @catch (id e) {
+		[self release];
+		@throw e;
+	}
+
+	return self;
+}
+
+- initWithString: (OFString*)str
+{
+	OFAutoreleasePool *pool;
+	OFXMLParser *parser;
+	OFXMLElementBuilder *builder;
+	OFXMLElement_OFXMLElementBuilderDelegate *delegate;
+
+	[self release];
+
+	pool = [[OFAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
+
+	parser = [OFXMLParser parser];
+	builder = [OFXMLElementBuilder elementBuilder];
+	delegate = [[[OFXMLElement_OFXMLElementBuilderDelegate alloc] init]
+	    autorelease];
+
+	[parser setDelegate: builder];
+	[builder setDelegate: delegate];
+
+	[parser parseString: str];
+
+	self = [delegate->element retain];
+
+	@try {
+		[pool release];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];
 		@throw e;
 	}