diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/RestDeserialiseHandler.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/RestDeserialiseHandler.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
+{
+    public delegate string RestDeserialiseMethod<TRequest>(TRequest request);
+
+    public class RestDeserialisehandler<TRequest> : BaseStreamHandler
+        where TRequest : new()
+    {
+        private RestDeserialiseMethod<TRequest> m_method;
+
+        public RestDeserialisehandler(string httpMethod, string path, RestDeserialiseMethod<TRequest> method)
+            : base(httpMethod, path)
+        {
+            m_method = method;
+        }
+
+        public override byte[] Handle(string path, Stream request)
+        {
+            Type type = typeof(TRequest);
+
+            TRequest deserial= default(TRequest);
+            using (XmlTextReader xreader = new XmlTextReader(request))
+            {
+                XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+                deserial = (TRequest)serializer.Deserialize(xreader);
+            }
+
+            string response = m_method(deserial);
+
+            Encoding encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false);
+            return encoding.GetBytes(response);
+
+        }
+    }
+}