@SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
    public Object convert(final TypeLiteral role, final String value) {
        if (value.trim().startsWith("<")) {
            try {
                final MXParser parser = new MXParser();
                parser.setInput(new StringReader(value));
                parser.nextTag();

                return parse(parser, role);
            } catch (final Exception e) {

     */
    public CoreExtensions read(Reader reader, boolean strict) throws IOException, XmlPullParserException {
        XmlPullParser parser =
                addDefaultEntities ? new MXParser(EntityReplacementMap.defaultEntityReplacementMap) : new MXParser();

        parser.setInput(reader);

        return read(parser, strict);
    } // -- CoreExtensions read( Reader, boolean )

    /**
     * @see XmlStreamReader