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diff --git a/libs/canvas/item_factory.cc b/libs/canvas/item_factory.cc
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+#include "pbd/xml++.h"
+#include "canvas/item_factory.h"
+#include "canvas/group.h"
+#include "canvas/line.h"
+#include "canvas/rectangle.h"
+#include "canvas/poly_line.h"
+#include "canvas/polygon.h"
+#include "canvas/pixbuf.h"
+#include "canvas/wave_view.h"
+#include "canvas/text.h"
+#include "canvas/line_set.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace ArdourCanvas;
+
+Item*
+ArdourCanvas::create_item (Group* parent, XMLNode const * node)
+{
+	Item* item = 0;
+	if (node->name() == "Group") {
+		item = new Group (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "Line") {
+		item = new Line (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "Rectangle") {
+		item = new Rectangle (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "PolyLine") {
+		item = new PolyLine (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "Polygon") {
+		item = new Polygon (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "Pixbuf") {
+		item = new Pixbuf (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "WaveView") {
+		item = new WaveView (parent, boost::shared_ptr<ARDOUR::AudioRegion> ());
+	} else if (node->name() == "Text") {
+		item = new Text (parent);
+	} else if (node->name() == "LineSet") {
+		item = new LineSet (parent);
+	}
+
+	assert (item);
+	item->set_state (node);
+	return item;
+}