SIXX provides a simple solution to serialise and deserialise XML  
objects. Check the website.

http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~umejava/smalltalk/sixx/index.html

> Object factory... Is that how it's called??
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> Hello,
> I'm quite new to smalltalk, and I'm developping on Squeak. As part  
> of my studies I must create a serializer, wich translates an object  
> to a xml file, and vice versa.
> My question is, how should I do to create an instance of, for  
> example, a 'toto' class (yes, it is a String, readen from the xml  
> file)??
> If anyone can help me, it would be great! Thanks by advance!
>
> PS: Mr Ducasse, c'est ma question bonus ça!