if (!dojo._hasResource["dojox.gfx.utils"]) { // _hasResource checks added by
												// build. Do not use
												// _hasResource directly in your
												// code.
	dojo._hasResource["dojox.gfx.utils"] = true;
	dojo.provide("dojox.gfx.utils");

	dojo.require("dojox.gfx");

	dojox.gfx.utils.serialize = function(
			/* dojox.gfx.Surface || dojox.gfx.Shape */object) {
		var t = {}, v, isSurface = object instanceof dojox.gfx.Surface;
		if (isSurface || object instanceof dojox.gfx.Group) {
			t.children = [];
			for (var i = 0; i < object.children.length; ++i) {
				t.children.push(dojox.gfx.utils.serialize(object.children[i]));
			}
			if (isSurface) {
				return t.children; // Array
			}
		} else {
			t.shape = object.getShape();
		}
		if (object.getTransform) {
			v = object.getTransform();
			if (v) {
				t.transform = v;
			}
		}
		if (object.getStroke) {
			v = object.getStroke();
			if (v) {
				t.stroke = v;
			}
		}
		if (object.getFill) {
			v = object.getFill();
			if (v) {
				t.fill = v;
			}
		}
		if (object.getFont) {
			v = object.getFont();
			if (v) {
				t.font = v;
			}
		}
		return t; // Object
	};

	dojox.gfx.utils.toJson = function(
			/* dojox.gfx.Surface || dojox.gfx.Shape */object,
			/* Boolean? */prettyPrint) {
		return dojo.toJson(dojox.gfx.utils.serialize(object), prettyPrint); // String
	};

	dojox.gfx.utils.deserialize = function(
			/* dojox.gfx.Surface || dojox.gfx.Shape */parent,
			/* dojox.gfx.Shape || Array */object) {
		if (object instanceof Array) {
			var t = [];
			for (var i = 0; i < object.length; ++i) {
				t.push(dojox.gfx.utils.deserialize(parent, object[i]));
			}
			return t; // Array
		}
		var shape = ("shape" in object)
				? parent.createShape(object.shape)
				: parent.createGroup();
		if ("transform" in object) {
			shape.setTransform(object.transform);
		}
		if ("stroke" in object) {
			shape.setStroke(object.stroke);
		}
		if ("fill" in object) {
			shape.setFill(object.fill);
		}
		if ("font" in object) {
			shape.setFont(object.font);
		}
		if ("children" in object) {
			for (var i = 0; i < object.children.length; ++i) {
				dojox.gfx.utils.deserialize(shape, object.children[i]);
			}
		}
		return shape; // dojox.gfx.Shape
	};

	dojox.gfx.utils.fromJson = function(
			/* dojox.gfx.Surface || dojox.gfx.Shape */parent,
			/* String */json) {
		return dojox.gfx.utils.deserialize(parent, dojo.fromJson(json)); // Array
																			// ||
																			// dojox.gfx.Shape
	};

}