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+package org.jutility.io.xml;
+
+/*
+ * #%L
+ * jutility-io
+ * %%
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014 jutility.org
+ * %%
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * #L%
+ */
+
+
+import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters.XmlAdapter;
+
+
+/**
+ * The {@code XmlColorTypeAdapter} class provides an adapter for XML
+ * serialization of {@link Color Colors}.
+ * 
+ * @author Peter J. Radics
+ * @version 1.0
+ * 
+ */
+public class XmlColorTypeAdapter
+        extends XmlAdapter<String, Color> {
+
+    @Override
+    public String marshal(Color color)
+            throws Exception {
+
+        if (color != null) {
+            return color.toString();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Color unmarshal(String serializedColor)
+            throws Exception {
+
+        if (serializedColor != null) {
+            Color color = Color.web(serializedColor);
+            return color;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}