diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/XmlViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/XmlViewTest.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * XmlViewTest file
+ *
+ * PHP 5
+ *
+ * CakePHP(tm) Tests <http://book.cakephp.org/view/1196/Testing>
+ * Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://book.cakephp.org/view/1196/Testing CakePHP(tm) Tests
+ * @package       Cake.Test.Case.View
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.1.0
+ * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
+ */
+
+App::uses('Controller', 'Controller');
+App::uses('CakeRequest', 'Network');
+App::uses('CakeResponse', 'Network');
+App::uses('XmlView', 'View');
+
+/**
+ * XmlViewTest
+ *
+ * @package       Cake.Test.Case.View
+ */
+class XmlViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
+
+/**
+ * testRenderWithoutView method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testRenderWithoutView() {
+		$request = new CakeRequest();
+		$response = new CakeResponse();
+		$controller = new Controller($request, $response);
+		$data = array('users' => array('user' => array('user1', 'user2')));
+		$controller->set('serialize', $data);
+		$view = new XmlView($controller);
+		$output = $view->render(false);
+
+		$expected = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><users><user>user1</user><user>user2</user></users>';
+		$this->assertIdentical($expected, str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), '', $output));
+		$this->assertIdentical('application/xml', $response->type());
+	}
+
+/**
+ * testRenderWithView method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testRenderWithView() {
+		App::build(array('View' => array(
+			CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View' . DS . 'Xml' . DS,
+			CAKE . 'Test' . DS . 'test_app' . DS . 'View' . DS
+		)));
+		$request = new CakeRequest();
+		$response = new CakeResponse();
+		$controller = new Controller($request, $response);
+		$data = array(
+			array(
+				'User' => array(
+					'username' => 'user1'
+				)
+			),
+			array(
+				'User' => array(
+					'username' => 'user2'
+				)
+			)
+		);
+		$controller->set('users', $data);
+		$view = new XmlView($controller);
+		$output = $view->render('index', 'xml/xml_view');
+
+		$expected = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><users><user>user1</user><user>user2</user></users>';
+		$this->assertIdentical($expected, str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), '', $output));
+		$this->assertIdentical('application/xml', $response->type());
+		$this->assertInstanceOf('HelperCollection', $view->Helpers);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Layouts/xml/xml_view.ctp b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Layouts/xml/xml_view.ctp
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+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Layouts/xml/xml_view.ctp
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<users>
+<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>
+</users>
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Xml/index.ctp b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Xml/index.ctp
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+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/test_app/View/Xml/index.ctp
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+<?php foreach ($users as $user): ?>
+<user><?php echo $user['User']['username']; ?></user>
+<?php endforeach; ?>
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diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
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+++ b/lib/Cake/View/XmlView.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * A custom view class that is used for XML responses
+ *
+ * PHP 5
+ *
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @package       Cake.View
+ * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 2.1.0
+ * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
+ */
+
+App::uses('View', 'View');
+App::uses('Xml', 'Utility');
+
+/**
+ * XmlView
+ *
+ * @package       Cake.View
+ */
+class XmlView extends View {
+
+/**
+ * Constructor
+ *
+ * @param Controller $controller
+ */
+	public function __construct($controller) {
+		parent::__construct($controller);
+
+		if (is_object($controller)) {
+			$controller->response->type('xml');
+		}
+	}
+
+/**
+ * Render a XML view.
+ *
+ * Uses the special 'serialize' parameter to convert a set of
+ * view variables into a XML response.  Makes generating simple 
+ * XML responses very easy.  You can omit the 'serialize' parameter, 
+ * and use a normal view + layout as well.
+ *
+ * @param string $view The view being rendered.
+ * @param string $layout The layout being rendered.
+ * @return string The rendered view.
+ */
+	public function render($view = null, $layout = null) {
+		if (isset($this->viewVars['serialize']) && is_array($this->viewVars['serialize'])) {
+			return $this->output = Xml::fromArray($this->viewVars['serialize'])->asXML();
+		}
+		return parent::render($view, $layout);
+	}
+
+}