diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
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+{spawn} = require 'child_process'
+fs = require 'fs'
+
+task 'build', 'coffee -> js', ->
+  files = (file for file in fs.readdirSync '.' when file.match(/\.coffee$/))
+  proc = spawn 'coffee', ['-c'].concat files
+  proc.stderr.on 'data', (buffer) -> console.log buffer.toString()
+  proc.on        'exit', (status) -> process.exit(1) if status != 0
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+This module converts streams of XML to streams of JS objects. Unlike other
+SAX modules, it doesn't give you every tag and text node seperately, but lets you
+specify tag names you want to filter for. When this module encounters a tag with
+that name, its content will be collected until the closing tag was reached, and
+then you will receive the tag with all its attributes and children in one
+object.
+
+Compiling
+=========
+To compile the `.coffee` files to Javascript, use `cake build`. You will need
+[Coffeescript](http://coffeescript.org/) for that.
diff --git a/index.coffee b/index.coffee
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+sax = require 'sax'
+
+last = (array) -> array[array.length-1]
+
+exports.createParser = (cbError, cbFinished, wantedNodes, strict) ->
+  interestingStack = []
+  element = null
+  parser = sax.parser strict
+  parser.onerror = cbError
+  parser.onend = cbFinished
+  parser.onopentag = ({name, attributes}) ->
+    console.log "  opening #{name}"
+    if wantedNodes[name]? or element?
+      parent = element
+      element = {parent, name, attributes, children: []}
+      parent?.children.push element
+    if wantedNodes[name]?
+      interestingStack.push name
+  parser.onclosetag = (name) ->
+    if name is last interestingStack
+      interestingStack.pop()
+      wantedNodes[name] element
+    element = element?.parent
+  parser.ontext = (text) ->
+    element?.children.push text
+  parser
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+(function() {
+  var last, sax;
+  sax = require('sax');
+  last = function(array) {
+    return array[array.length - 1];
+  };
+  exports.createParser = function(cbError, cbFinished, wantedNodes, strict) {
+    var element, interestingStack, parser;
+    interestingStack = [];
+    element = null;
+    parser = sax.parser(strict);
+    parser.onerror = cbError;
+    parser.onend = cbFinished;
+    parser.onopentag = function(_arg) {
+      var attributes, name, parent;
+      name = _arg.name, attributes = _arg.attributes;
+      console.log("  opening " + name);
+      if ((wantedNodes[name] != null) || (element != null)) {
+        parent = element;
+        element = {
+          parent: parent,
+          name: name,
+          attributes: attributes,
+          children: []
+        };
+        if (parent != null) {
+          parent.children.push(element);
+        }
+      }
+      if (wantedNodes[name] != null) {
+        return interestingStack.push(name);
+      }
+    };
+    parser.onclosetag = function(name) {
+      if (name === last(interestingStack)) {
+        interestingStack.pop();
+        wantedNodes[name](element);
+      }
+      return element = element != null ? element.parent : void 0;
+    };
+    parser.ontext = function(text) {
+      return element != null ? element.children.push(text) : void 0;
+    };
+    return parser;
+  };
+}).call(this);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{ "name": "halfstreamxml"
+, "version": "0.1.0"
+, "description": "converts a stream of XML to a stream of objects"
+, "keywords":
+  [ "XML"
+  , "stream"
+  , "SAX"
+  ]
+, "homepage": "http://github.com/thejh/node-halfstreamxml"
+, "author": "Jann Horn"
+, "main": "FIXME"
+, "repository":
+  { "type": "git"
+  , "url": "http://github.com/thejh/node-halfstreamxml.git"
+  }
+, "dependencies":
+  { "sax": "0.1.2"
+  }
+, "files":
+  { "package.json"
+  , "index.js"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test.coffee b/test.coffee
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+halfstreamxml = require './index'
+onerror = (e) ->
+  console.error "ERROR: #{e}"
+onfinish = ->
+  console.log "DONE"
+wantednodes =
+  PERSON: (person) ->
+    console.log "received person: #{JSON.stringify person, ['name', 'attributes', 'age', 'children']}"
+parser = halfstreamxml.createParser onerror, onfinish, wantednodes, false
+parser.write('<xml><person age="15"><name>Barfoo</name></person><person age="17"><name>Foo Bar</name></person></xml>').close()
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
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+(function() {
+  var halfstreamxml, onerror, onfinish, parser, wantednodes;
+  halfstreamxml = require('./index');
+  onerror = function(e) {
+    return console.error("ERROR: " + e);
+  };
+  onfinish = function() {
+    return console.log("DONE");
+  };
+  wantednodes = {
+    PERSON: function(person) {
+      return console.log("received person: " + (JSON.stringify(person, ['name', 'attributes', 'age', 'children'])));
+    }
+  };
+  parser = halfstreamxml.createParser(onerror, onfinish, wantednodes, false);
+  parser.write('<xml><person age="15"><name>Barfoo</name></person><person age="17"><name>Foo Bar</name></person></xml>').close();
+}).call(this);