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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Data;
+using System.Windows.Markup;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace Tango.Core.Components
+{
+    public static class FrameworkElementSerializer
+    {
+        private class BindingConvertor : ExpressionConverter
+        {
+            public override bool CanConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context, Type destinationType)
+            {
+                if (destinationType == typeof(MarkupExtension))
+                    return true;
+                else return false;
+            }
+            public override object ConvertTo(ITypeDescriptorContext context,
+                                             System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture,
+                                             object value, Type destinationType)
+            {
+                if (destinationType == typeof(MarkupExtension))
+                {
+                    BindingExpression bindingExpression = value as BindingExpression;
+                    if (bindingExpression == null)
+                        throw new Exception();
+                    return bindingExpression.ParentBinding;
+                }
+
+                return base.ConvertTo(context, culture, value, destinationType);
+            }
+
+            public static void Register<T, TC>()
+            {
+                Attribute[] attr = new Attribute[1];
+                TypeConverterAttribute vConv = new TypeConverterAttribute(typeof(TC));
+                attr[0] = vConv;
+                TypeDescriptor.AddAttributes(typeof(T), attr);
+            }
+        }
+
+        static FrameworkElementSerializer()
+        {
+            BindingConvertor.Register<BindingExpression, BindingConvertor>();
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Clones the specified element.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="element">The element.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static FrameworkElement Clone(FrameworkElement element)
+        {
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            var writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, new XmlWriterSettings
+            {
+                Indent = true,
+                ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment,
+                OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
+                NamespaceHandling = NamespaceHandling.OmitDuplicates,
+            });
+            var mgr = new XamlDesignerSerializationManager(writer);
+
+            // HERE BE MAGIC!!!
+            mgr.XamlWriterMode = XamlWriterMode.Expression;
+            // THERE WERE MAGIC!!!
+
+            XamlWriter.Save(element, mgr);
+            String xaml = sb.ToString();
+
+            StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xaml);
+            XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
+            FrameworkElement cloned = (FrameworkElement)XamlReader.Load(xmlReader) as FrameworkElement;
+            return cloned;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Serializes the specified element.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="element">The element.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static String Serialize(FrameworkElement element)
+        {
+            var sb = new StringBuilder();
+            var writer = XmlWriter.Create(sb, new XmlWriterSettings
+            {
+                Indent = true,
+                ConformanceLevel = ConformanceLevel.Fragment,
+                OmitXmlDeclaration = true,
+                NamespaceHandling = NamespaceHandling.OmitDuplicates,
+            });
+            var mgr = new XamlDesignerSerializationManager(writer);
+
+            // HERE BE MAGIC!!!
+            mgr.XamlWriterMode = XamlWriterMode.Expression;
+            // THERE WERE MAGIC!!!
+
+            XamlWriter.Save(element, mgr);
+            String xaml = sb.ToString();
+
+            return xaml;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes the specified xaml.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="xaml">The xaml.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static FrameworkElement Deserialize(String xaml)
+        {
+            StringReader stringReader = new StringReader(xaml);
+            XmlReader xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(stringReader);
+            FrameworkElement cloned = (FrameworkElement)XamlReader.Load(xmlReader) as FrameworkElement;
+            return cloned;
+        }
+    }
+}