Index: src/OFXMLParser.h
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLParser.h
+++ src/OFXMLParser.h
@@ -264,9 +264,23 @@
  * \param buf The buffer to parse
  * \param size The size of the buffer
  */
 - (void)parseBuffer: (const char*)buf
 	   withSize: (size_t)size;
+
+/**
+ * Parses the specified string.
+ *
+ * \param str The string to parse
+ */
+- (void)parseString: (OFString*)str;
+
+/**
+ * Parses the specified file.
+ *
+ * \param path The path to the file to parse
+*/
+- (void)parseFile: (OFString*)path;
 @end
 
 @interface OFObject (OFXMLParserDelegate) <OFXMLParserDelegate>
 @end

Index: src/OFXMLParser.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFXMLParser.m
+++ src/OFXMLParser.m
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 #import "OFXMLParser.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFArray.h"
 #import "OFDictionary.h"
 #import "OFXMLAttribute.h"
+#import "OFFile.h"
 #import "OFAutoreleasePool.h"
 #import "OFExceptions.h"
 #import "macros.h"
 
 typedef void (*state_function)(id, SEL, const char*, size_t*, size_t*);
@@ -267,10 +268,41 @@
 	/* In OF_XMLPARSER_IN_TAG, there can be only spaces */
 	if (size - last > 0 && state != OF_XMLPARSER_IN_TAG)
 		[cache appendCStringWithoutUTF8Checking: buf + last
 						 length: size - last];
 }
+
+- (void)parseString: (OFString*)str
+{
+	[self parseBuffer: [str cString]
+		 withSize: [str cStringLength]];
+}
+
+- (void)parseFile: (OFString*)path
+{
+	OFFile *file = [[OFFile alloc] initWithPath: path
+					       mode: @"rb"];
+
+	@try {
+		char *buf = [self allocMemoryWithSize: of_pagesize];
+
+		@try {
+			while (![file isAtEndOfStream]) {
+				size_t size;
+
+				size = [file readNBytes: of_pagesize
+					     intoBuffer: buf];
+				[self parseBuffer: buf
+					 withSize: size];
+			}
+		} @finally {
+			[self freeMemory: buf];
+		}
+	} @finally {
+		[file release];
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * The following methods handle the different states of the parser. They are
  * lookup up in +[initialize] and put in a lookup table to speed things up.
  * One dispatch for every character would be way too slow!