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+/*! @file
+
+    @id $Id: inherit_serialization.cxx 26 2009-04-24 07:13:10Z  $
+*/
+//       1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8
+// 45678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
+
+// g++ -I../../src ../../src/xml.cxx list_serialization.cxx
+
+#include <xml-cxx/xml.hxx>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <list>
+
+class A: public xml::Serialize {
+  public:
+    std::list<std::string> list;
+  protected:
+    void initXmlMembers() {
+      className("A");
+      persist(list, "list", "item");
+    }
+};
+
+int main(int, char**) {
+  std::stringstream ss("<A>\n"
+                       "\t<list>\n"
+                       "\t\t<item>Hello</item>\n"
+                       "\t\t<item>World</item>\n"
+                       "\t\t<item>how</item>\n"
+                       "\t\t<item>are</item>\n"
+                       "\t\t<item>you</item>\n"
+                       "\t</list>\n"
+                       "</A>");
+  A a;
+  std::cout<<"Schema:\n"<<a.schema()<<std::endl;
+  a.loadXml(ss);
+  if (a.list.front()=="Hello") a.list.front()="Good Bye";
+  if (a.list.back()=="you") a.list.back()="we";
+  a.saveXml(std::cout)<<std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}