text: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  # Copyright 2011 Tomo Krajina
  #
  # 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.
  
  def parse(xml_or_file, parser='lxml'):
      """
      Parse xml (string) or file object. This is just an wrapper for 
      GPXParser.parse() function.
      """
  
      from . import gpx as mod_gpx
      from . import parser as mod_parser
  
      parser = mod_parser.GPXParser(xml_or_file, parser=parser)
  
      return parser.parse()
  