diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/js/xml2json.js b/demo-shell-ng2/app/js/xml2json.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09193e6fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/js/xml2json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+/*	This work is licensed under Creative Commons GNU LGPL License.
+
+
+
+	License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/
+   Version: 0.9
+	Author:  Stefan Goessner/2006
+	Web:     http://goessner.net/ 
+*/
+var parseXml;
+
+if (typeof window.DOMParser != "undefined") {
+    parseXml = function(xmlStr) {
+        return ( new window.DOMParser() ).parseFromString(xmlStr, "text/xml");
+    };
+} else if (typeof window.ActiveXObject != "undefined" &&
+       new window.ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")) {
+    parseXml = function(xmlStr) {
+        var xmlDoc = new window.ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
+        xmlDoc.async = "false";
+        xmlDoc.loadXML(xmlStr);
+        return xmlDoc;
+    };
+} else {
+    throw new Error("No XML parser found");
+}
+
+
+
+function xml2json(xml, tab) {
+   var X = {
+      toObj: function(xml) {
+         var o = {};
+         if (xml.nodeType==1) {   // element node ..
+            if (xml.attributes.length)   // element with attributes  ..
+               for (var i=0; i<xml.attributes.length; i++)
+                  o["@"+xml.attributes[i].nodeName] = (xml.attributes[i].nodeValue||"").toString();
+            if (xml.firstChild) { // element has child nodes ..
+               var textChild=0, cdataChild=0, hasElementChild=false;
+               for (var n=xml.firstChild; n; n=n.nextSibling) {
+                  if (n.nodeType==1) hasElementChild = true;
+                  else if (n.nodeType==3 && n.nodeValue.match(/[^ \f\n\r\t\v]/)) textChild++; // non-whitespace text
+                  else if (n.nodeType==4) cdataChild++; // cdata section node
+               }
+               if (hasElementChild) {
+                  if (textChild < 2 && cdataChild < 2) { // structured element with evtl. a single text or/and cdata node ..
+                     X.removeWhite(xml);
+                     for (var n=xml.firstChild; n; n=n.nextSibling) {
+                        if (n.nodeType == 3)  // text node
+                           o["#text"] = X.escape(n.nodeValue);
+                        else if (n.nodeType == 4)  // cdata node
+                           o["#cdata"] = X.escape(n.nodeValue);
+                        else if (o[n.nodeName]) {  // multiple occurence of element ..
+                           if (o[n.nodeName] instanceof Array)
+                              o[n.nodeName][o[n.nodeName].length] = X.toObj(n);
+                           else
+                              o[n.nodeName] = [o[n.nodeName], X.toObj(n)];
+                        }
+                        else  // first occurence of element..
+                           o[n.nodeName] = X.toObj(n);
+                     }
+                  }
+                  else { // mixed content
+                     if (!xml.attributes.length)
+                        o = X.escape(X.innerXml(xml));
+                     else
+                        o["#text"] = X.escape(X.innerXml(xml));
+                  }
+               }
+               else if (textChild) { // pure text
+                  if (!xml.attributes.length)
+                     o = X.escape(X.innerXml(xml));
+                  else
+                     o["#text"] = X.escape(X.innerXml(xml));
+               }
+               else if (cdataChild) { // cdata
+                  if (cdataChild > 1)
+                     o = X.escape(X.innerXml(xml));
+                  else
+                     for (var n=xml.firstChild; n; n=n.nextSibling)
+                        o["#cdata"] = X.escape(n.nodeValue);
+               }
+            }
+            if (!xml.attributes.length && !xml.firstChild) o = null;
+         }
+         else if (xml.nodeType==9) { // document.node
+            o = X.toObj(xml.documentElement);
+         }
+         else
+            alert("unhandled node type: " + xml.nodeType);
+         return o;
+      },
+      toJson: function(o, name, ind) {
+         var json = name ? ("\""+name+"\"") : "";
+         if (o instanceof Array) {
+            for (var i=0,n=o.length; i<n; i++)
+               o[i] = X.toJson(o[i], "", ind+"\t");
+            json += (name?":[":"[") + (o.length > 1 ? ("\n"+ind+"\t"+o.join(",\n"+ind+"\t")+"\n"+ind) : o.join("")) + "]";
+         }
+         else if (o == null)
+            json += (name&&":") + "null";
+         else if (typeof(o) == "object") {
+            var arr = [];
+            for (var m in o)
+               arr[arr.length] = X.toJson(o[m], m, ind+"\t");
+            json += (name?":{":"{") + (arr.length > 1 ? ("\n"+ind+"\t"+arr.join(",\n"+ind+"\t")+"\n"+ind) : arr.join("")) + "}";
+         }
+         else if (typeof(o) == "string")
+            json += (name&&":") + "\"" + o.toString() + "\"";
+         else
+            json += (name&&":") + o.toString();
+         return json;
+      },
+      innerXml: function(node) {
+         var s = ""
+         if ("innerHTML" in node)
+            s = node.innerHTML;
+         else {
+            var asXml = function(n) {
+               var s = "";
+               if (n.nodeType == 1) {
+                  s += "<" + n.nodeName;
+                  for (var i=0; i<n.attributes.length;i++)
+                     s += " " + n.attributes[i].nodeName + "=\"" + (n.attributes[i].nodeValue||"").toString() + "\"";
+                  if (n.firstChild) {
+                     s += ">";
+                     for (var c=n.firstChild; c; c=c.nextSibling)
+                        s += asXml(c);
+                     s += "</"+n.nodeName+">";
+                  }
+                  else
+                     s += "/>";
+               }
+               else if (n.nodeType == 3)
+                  s += n.nodeValue;
+               else if (n.nodeType == 4)
+                  s += "<![CDATA[" + n.nodeValue + "]]>";
+               return s;
+            };
+            for (var c=node.firstChild; c; c=c.nextSibling)
+               s += asXml(c);
+         }
+         return s;
+      },
+      escape: function(txt) {
+         return txt.replace(/[\\]/g, "\\\\")
+                   .replace(/[\"]/g, '\\"')
+                   .replace(/[\n]/g, '\\n')
+                   .replace(/[\r]/g, '\\r');
+      },
+      removeWhite: function(e) {
+         e.normalize();
+         for (var n = e.firstChild; n; ) {
+            if (n.nodeType == 3) {  // text node
+               if (!n.nodeValue.match(/[^ \f\n\r\t\v]/)) { // pure whitespace text node
+                  var nxt = n.nextSibling;
+                  e.removeChild(n);
+                  n = nxt;
+               }
+               else
+                  n = n.nextSibling;
+            }
+            else if (n.nodeType == 1) {  // element node
+               X.removeWhite(n);
+               n = n.nextSibling;
+            }
+            else                      // any other node
+               n = n.nextSibling;
+         }
+         return e;
+      }
+   };
+        xml = parseXml(xml);
+   if (xml.nodeType == 9) // document node
+      xml = xml.documentElement;
+   var json = X.toJson(X.toObj(X.removeWhite(xml)), xml.nodeName, "\t");
+   return "{\n" + tab + (tab ? json.replace(/\t/g, tab) : json.replace(/\t|\n/g, "")) + "\n}";
+}
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diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/index.html b/demo-shell-ng2/index.html
index f9c28df52c..3bb44e5850 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/index.html
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/index.html
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     <script src="node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script src="node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
 
+    <script src="/app/js/xml2json.js"></script>
     <script src="node_modules/alfresco-core-rest-api/bundle.js"></script>
 
     <!-- 2. Configure SystemJS -->