2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlElementReader.java b/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlElementReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..108822509
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlElementReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package de.pixart.messenger.xml;
+
+import com.google.common.io.ByteSource;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+public class XmlElementReader {
+
+    public static Element read(byte[] bytes) throws IOException {
+        return read(ByteSource.wrap(bytes).openStream());
+    }
+
+    public static Element read(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
+        final XmlReader xmlReader = new XmlReader();
+        xmlReader.setInputStream(inputStream);
+        return xmlReader.readElement(xmlReader.readTag());
+    }
+}
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlReader.java b/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlReader.java
index 6447f12ef..ef2a33158 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/pixart/messenger/xml/XmlReader.java
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ public class XmlReader implements Closeable {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public Element readElement(Tag currentTag) throws XmlPullParserException,
-            IOException {
+    public Element readElement(Tag currentTag) throws IOException {
         Element element = new Element(currentTag.getName());
         element.setAttributes(currentTag.getAttributes());
         Tag nextTag = this.readTag();