diff --git a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventFactory.h b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventFactory.h
index ff01287825..59635df9f2 100755
--- a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventFactory.h
+++ b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventFactory.h
@@ -1,91 +1,97 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
  The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
  Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
  Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
  All rights reserved.
 
  This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
  even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
  A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
  See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
  ===================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef mitkEventFactory_h
 #define mitkEventFactory_h
 
 #include "mitkCommon.h"
 #include "mitkInteractionEvent.h"
 #include "mitkPropertyList.h"
 #include <MitkExports.h>
 
 
 namespace mitk
 {
 /**
  * \class EventFactory
- * \brief Generates InteractionEvent-Objects which are described by a PropertyList.
+ * \brief Generates InteractionEvent-Objects/XML.
+ *
+ * 1) InteractionEvents can be constructed by a PropertyList describing the event (see mitk::EventConfig for examples)
+ * 2) An XML description of InteractionEvents can be retrieved.
+ *
  * This class is used by the EventConfig object to parse configuration files and create Events based on the xml description.
  *
  * \ingroup Interaction
  */
   class MITK_CORE_EXPORT EventFactory
   {
   public:
+
+
     /**
      * Parses PropertyList and queries all possible Information.
      * If an attribute is not present the default value is used.
      * Finally the Event-Type is chosen by the ClassName property and the object is created using the collected information.
      */
     static InteractionEvent::Pointer CreateEvent(PropertyList::Pointer eventDescription);
 
     /**
      * @brief EventToXML Transforms an event into a XML tag describing it.
      * @param event
      * @return Event block specifying event class and attributes of that event.
      */
     static std::string EventToXML(InteractionEvent* event);
 
-
+  private:
     /**
      * @brief GetEventButton Return EventButton as String
      * @param event
      * @return
      */
     static std::string GetButtonState(InteractionEvent* event);
 
     /**
      * @brief GetModifierState Return ModifierState as String
      * @param event
      * @return
      */
     static std::string GetModifierState(InteractionEvent* event);
 
     /**
      * @brief GetEventButton Return EventButton as String
      * @param event
      * @return
      */
     static std::string GetEventButton(InteractionEvent* event);
 
     /**
      * @brief GetPosition Return World Position as String
      * @param event
      * @return
      */
     static std::string GetPositionInWorld(InteractionEvent* event);
 
     /**
      * @brief GetPositionOnScreen Return PositionOnScreen as String
      * @param event
      * @return
      */
     static std::string GetPositionOnScreen(InteractionEvent* event);
 
   };
 }
 
 #endif /* mitkEventFactory_h */
diff --git a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.cpp b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5320f3f8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+ The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+ Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+ Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+ even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+ See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+ ===================================================================*/
+
+#include "mitkXML2EventParser.h"
+
+#include "mitkEventFactory.h"
+#include "mitkInteractionEvent.h"
+#include "mitkInternalEvent.h"
+#include "mitkInteractionKeyEvent.h"
+#include "mitkInteractionEventConst.h"
+
+// VTK
+#include <vtkXMLDataElement.h>
+
+// us
+#include "usGetModuleContext.h"
+#include "usModule.h"
+#include "usModuleResource.h"
+#include "usModuleResourceStream.h"
+
+namespace mitk {
+
+
+void mitk::XML2EventParser::StartElement(const char* elementName, const char **atts)
+{
+  std::string name(elementName);
+
+  if (name == InteractionEventConst::xmlTagConfigRoot())
+  {
+    //
+  }
+    else if (name == InteractionEventConst::xmlTagEventVariant())
+  {
+    std::string eventClass = ReadXMLStringAttribute(InteractionEventConst::xmlParameterEventClass(), atts);
+    // New list in which all parameters are stored that are given within the <input/> tag
+    m_EventPropertyList = PropertyList::New();
+    m_EventPropertyList->SetStringProperty(InteractionEventConst::xmlParameterEventClass().c_str(), eventClass.c_str());
+    MITK_INFO << "event class " << eventClass;
+  }
+  else if (name == InteractionEventConst::xmlTagAttribute())
+  {
+    // Attributes that describe an Input Event, such as which MouseButton triggered the event,or which modifier keys are pressed
+    std::string name = ReadXMLStringAttribute(InteractionEventConst::xmlParameterName(), atts);
+    std::string value = ReadXMLStringAttribute(InteractionEventConst::xmlParameterValue(), atts);
+    MITK_INFO << "tag attr " << value;
+    m_EventPropertyList->SetStringProperty(name.c_str(), value.c_str());
+  }
+}
+
+void mitk::XML2EventParser::EndElement(const char* elementName)
+{
+  std::string name(elementName);
+  // At end of input section, all necessary infos are collected to created an interaction event.
+  if (name == InteractionEventConst::xmlTagEventVariant())
+  {
+    InteractionEvent::Pointer event = EventFactory::CreateEvent(m_EventPropertyList);
+    if (event.IsNotNull())
+    {
+      m_InteractionList.push_back(event);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      MITK_WARN<< "EventConfig: Unknown Event-Type in config. Entry skipped: " << name;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+std::string mitk::XML2EventParser::ReadXMLStringAttribute(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
+{
+  if (atts)
+  {
+    const char** attsIter = atts;
+
+    while (*attsIter)
+    {
+      if (name == *attsIter)
+      {
+        attsIter++;
+        return *attsIter;
+      }
+      attsIter += 2;
+    }
+  }
+  return std::string();
+}
+
+bool mitk::XML2EventParser::ReadXMLBooleanAttribute(const std::string& name, const char** atts)
+{
+  std::string s = ReadXMLStringAttribute(name, atts);
+  std::transform(s.begin(), s.end(), s.begin(), ::toupper);
+
+  return s == "TRUE";
+}
+
+mitk::XML2EventParser::XML2EventParser(const std::string& filename, const us::Module* module)
+{
+  if (module == NULL)
+  {
+    module = us::GetModuleContext()->GetModule();
+  }
+  us::ModuleResource resource = module->GetResource("Interactions/" + filename);
+  if (!resource.IsValid())
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "Resource not valid. State machine pattern in module " << module->GetName()
+               << " not found: /Interactions/" << filename;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  us::ModuleResourceStream stream(resource);
+  this->SetStream(&stream);
+  bool success = this->Parse();
+  if (!success)
+    MITK_ERROR << "Error occured during parsing of EventXML File.";
+}
+
+mitk::XML2EventParser::XML2EventParser(std::istream &inputStream)
+{
+  this->SetStream(&inputStream);
+  bool success = this->Parse();
+  if (!success)
+    MITK_ERROR << "Error occured during parsing of EventXML File.";
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.h b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.h
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fb241be1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+ The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+ Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+ Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+ All rights reserved.
+
+ This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+ even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+ A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+ See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+ ===================================================================*/
+
+#ifndef mitkXML2EventParser_h
+#define mitkXML2EventParser_h
+
+#include <MitkExports.h>
+
+#include "mitkPropertyList.h"
+
+#include <vtkXMLParser.h>
+
+namespace us {
+class Module;
+}
+
+namespace mitk
+{
+
+class InteractionEvent;
+
+/**
+   * \class InteractionEventList
+   * \brief Generates a list of InteractionEvents based on an XML file-
+   *
+   * @ingroup Interaction
+   **/
+class XML2EventParser : public vtkXMLParser
+{
+
+public:
+
+  /**
+     * @brief Construct an InteractionEventList object based on a XML configuration file.
+     *
+     * Uses the specified resource file containing an XML event configuration to
+     * construct an EventConfig object. If the resource is invalid, the created
+     * EventConfig object will also be invalid.
+     *
+     * @param filename The resource name relative to the Interactions resource folder.
+     * @param module
+     */
+  XML2EventParser(const std::string& filename, const us::Module* module = NULL);
+
+  /**
+     * @brief Construct an InteractionEventList object based on a XML configuration file.
+     *
+     * Uses the specified istream refering to a file containing an XML event configuration to
+     * construct an EventConfig object. If the resource is invalid, the created
+     * EventConfig object will also be invalid.
+     *
+     * @param inputStream std::ifstream to XML configuration file
+     */
+  XML2EventParser(std::istream &inputStream);
+
+  std::vector<InteractionEvent*> GetInteractions()
+  {
+    return m_InteractionList;
+  }
+
+  ~XML2EventParser(){};
+protected:
+
+  /**
+     * @brief Derived from XMLReader
+     **/
+  void StartElement(const char* elementName, const char **atts);
+
+  /**
+     * @brief Derived from XMLReader
+     **/
+  void EndElement(const char* elementName);
+
+  std::string ReadXMLStringAttribute(const std::string& name, const char** atts);
+  bool ReadXMLBooleanAttribute(const std::string& name, const char** atts);
+
+private:
+
+
+  PropertyList::Pointer m_EventPropertyList;
+
+  std::vector<InteractionEvent*> m_InteractionList;
+
+
+};
+
+} // namespace mitk
+
+#endif /* mitkStateMachineConfig_h */
diff --git a/Core/Code/files.cmake b/Core/Code/files.cmake
index be0120e400..9279bbd467 100644
--- a/Core/Code/files.cmake
+++ b/Core/Code/files.cmake
@@ -1,408 +1,409 @@
 set(H_FILES
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.h
   Algorithms/itkImportMitkImageContainer.txx
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkLocalVariationImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.h
   Algorithms/itkMITKScalarImageToHistogramGenerator.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationDenoisingImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/itkTotalVariationSingleIterationImageFilter.txx
   Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.h
   Algorithms/mitkBilateralFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkInstantiateAccessFunctions.h
   Algorithms/mitkPixelTypeList.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPArithmeticDec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPArgCount.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPCat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPConfig.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlExprIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPControlIIf.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDebugError.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPDetailDMCAutoRec.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesEmpty.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPFacilitiesExpand.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPLogicalBool.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailDMCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailEDGFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionDetailMSVCFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPRepetitionFor.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEach.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqForEachProduct.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeq.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqEnum.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqSize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPSeqToTuple.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPStringize.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleEat.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleElem.h
   Algorithms/mitkPPTupleRem.h
   Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.h
   Algorithms/mitkExtractSliceFilter.h
   Algorithms/mitkConvert2Dto3DImageFilter.h
   Algorithms/mitkPlaneClipping.h
 
   Common/mitkCommon.h
   Common/mitkExceptionMacro.h
 
   DataManagement/mitkProportionalTimeGeometry.h
   DataManagement/mitkTimeGeometry.h
   DataManagement/mitkImageAccessByItk.h
   DataManagement/mitkImageCast.h
   DataManagement/mitkImagePixelAccessor.h
   DataManagement/mitkImagePixelReadAccessor.h
   DataManagement/mitkImagePixelWriteAccessor.h
   DataManagement/mitkImageReadAccessor.h
   DataManagement/mitkImageWriteAccessor.h
   DataManagement/mitkITKImageImport.h
   DataManagement/mitkITKImageImport.txx
   DataManagement/mitkImageToItk.h
   DataManagement/mitkImageToItk.txx
   DataManagement/mitkTimeSlicedGeometry.h # Deprecated, empty for compatibilty reasons.
 
   Interactions/mitkEventMapperAddOn.h
 
   Interfaces/mitkIDataNodeReader.h
 
   Rendering/mitkLocalStorageHandler.h
 
   IO/mitkPixelTypeTraits.h
 )
 
 set(CPP_FILES
   Algorithms/mitkBaseDataSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkCompareImageDataFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkMultiComponentImageDataComparisonFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkDataNodeSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkGeometry2DDataToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkHistogramGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageChannelSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSliceSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageTimeSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkImageToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkPointSetToPointSetFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkRGBToRGBACastImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSubImageSelector.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceSource.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToImageFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkSurfaceToSurfaceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkUIDGenerator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkVolumeCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkClippedSurfaceBoundsCalculator.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkExtractSliceFilter.cpp
   Algorithms/mitkConvert2Dto3DImageFilter.cpp
 
   Controllers/mitkBaseController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCallbackFromGUIThread.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCameraRotationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkFocusManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkOperationEvent.cpp
   Controllers/mitkPlanePositionManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkProgressBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkRenderingManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSliceNavigationController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesCoordinator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesRotator.cpp
   Controllers/mitkSlicesSwiveller.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStatusBar.cpp
   Controllers/mitkStepper.cpp
   Controllers/mitkTestManager.cpp
   Controllers/mitkUndoController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVerboseLimitedLinearUndo.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkInteractorCameraController.cpp
   Controllers/mitkVtkLayerController.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProportionalTimeGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTimeGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAbstractTransformGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkAnnotationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplicationCursor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkBaseProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkClippingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkChannelDescriptor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkColorProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataStorage.cpp
 # DataManagement/mitkDataTree.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataNode.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDataNodeFactory.cpp
 # DataManagement/mitkDataTreeStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkDisplayGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkEnumerationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry2DData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGeometryData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkGroupTagProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageAccessorBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCaster.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart1.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart2.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart3.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageCastPart4.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDataItem.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageDescriptor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageVtkAccessor.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkImageStatisticsHolder.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjectorBasedCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLandmarkProjector.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindow.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowManager.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowPreset.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLevelWindowProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTable.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkLookupTables.cpp # specializations of GenericLookupTable
   DataManagement/mitkMemoryUtilities.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModalityProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkModeOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateAnd.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateCompositeBase.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDataType.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateDimension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateFirstLevel.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateNot.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateOr.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkNodePredicateSource.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOrientationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPlaneOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSet.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkProperties.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyList.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyObserver.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRestorePlanePositionOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkApplyTransformMatrixOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRotationOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedData.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSlicedGeometry3D.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSmartPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStandaloneDataStorage.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStateTransitionOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkStringProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurface.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkSurfaceOperation.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkThinPlateSplineCurvedGeometry.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunction.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkTransferFunctionInitializer.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVector.cpp
 
   DataManagement/mitkVtkInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkRepresentationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkResliceInterpolationProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkScalarModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkVtkVolumeRenderingProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkWeakPointerProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkRenderingModeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkShaderProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkResliceMethodProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkMaterial.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPointSetShapeProperty.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkFloatPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkIntPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyExtension.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyFilter.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyAliases.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyDescriptions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyExtensions.cpp
   DataManagement/mitkPropertyFilters.cpp
 
   Interactions/mitkAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkAffineInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkBindDispatcherInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkCoordinateSupplier.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDispatcher.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayCoordinateOperation.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkDisplayPositionEvent.cpp
 # Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorLevelWindow.cpp # legacy, prob even now unneeded
 # Interactions/mitkDisplayVectorInteractorScroll.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventConfig.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventDescription.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventFactory.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEventHandler.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventMapper.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp
   Interactions/mitkEventStateMachine.cpp
   Interactions/mitkGlobalInteraction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInternalEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionEventConst.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkInteractionKeyEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMousePressEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseMoveEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseReleaseEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseWheelEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseDoubleClickEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseModeSwitcher.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMouseMovePointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkMoveBaseDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkNodeDepententPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPointSetDataInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPointSetInteractor.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkPositionTracker.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineAction.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineCondition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineState.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineTransition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkState.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineContainer.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachine.cpp
   Interactions/mitkStateMachineFactory.cpp
   Interactions/mitkTransition.cpp
   Interactions/mitkWheelEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkKeyEvent.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkEventAdapter.cpp
   Interactions/mitkVtkInteractorStyle.cxx
   Interactions/mitkCrosshairPositionEvent.cpp
+  Interactions/mitkXML2EventParser.cpp
 
   Interfaces/mitkInteractionEventObserver.cpp
   Interfaces/mitkIShaderRepository.cpp
   Interfaces/mitkIPropertyAliases.cpp
   Interfaces/mitkIPropertyDescriptions.cpp
   Interfaces/mitkIPropertyExtensions.cpp
   Interfaces/mitkIPropertyFilters.cpp
 
   IO/mitkBaseDataIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkCoreDataNodeReader.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMScalar.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMScalar4D.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMRGBPixel.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_LoadDICOMRGBPixel4D.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_ImageBlockDescriptor.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_GantryTiltInformation.cpp
   IO/mitkDicomSR_SliceGroupingResult.cpp
 
   IO/mitkFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkFileWriter.cpp
 # IO/mitkIpPicGet.c
   IO/mitkImageGenerator.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkImageWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkItkImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkItkLoggingAdapter.cpp
   IO/mitkItkPictureWrite.cpp
   IO/mitkIOUtil.cpp
   IO/mitkLookupTableProperty.cpp
   IO/mitkOperation.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicFileIOFactory.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicFileReader.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicFileWriter.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicHelper.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesIOFactory.cpp
 # IO/mitkPicVolumeTimeSeriesReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPixelType.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetReader.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkPointSetWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkRawImageFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkStandardFileLocations.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkSTLFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriter.cpp
   IO/mitkSurfaceVtkWriterFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkLoggingAdapter.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtiFileReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkImageReader.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceIOFactory.cpp
   IO/mitkVtkSurfaceReader.cpp
   IO/vtkPointSetXMLParser.cpp
   IO/mitkLog.cpp
 
   Rendering/mitkBaseRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowFrame.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGeometry2DDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGLMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkGradientBackground.cpp
   Rendering/mitkManufacturerLogo.cpp
   Rendering/mitkMapper.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPointSetVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkPolyDataGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceGLMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkSurfaceVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVolumeDataVtkMapper3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkPropRenderer.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkWidgetRendering.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRectangleProp.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkRenderProp.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkEventProvider.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindow.cpp
   Rendering/mitkRenderWindowBase.cpp
   Rendering/mitkShaderRepository.cpp
   Rendering/mitkImageVtkMapper2D.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkThickSlicesFilter.cpp
   Rendering/vtkMitkLevelWindowFilter.cpp
   Rendering/vtkNeverTranslucentTexture.cpp
 
   Rendering/mitkOverlay.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkVtkOverlay3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkOverlayManager.cpp
   Rendering/mitkAbstractOverlayLayouter.cpp
 
   Rendering/mitkTextOverlay2D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkTextOverlay3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkLabelOverlay3D.cpp
   Rendering/mitkOverlay2DLayouter.cpp
   Rendering/mitkScaleLegendOverlay
 
   Common/mitkException.cpp
   Common/mitkCommon.h
   Common/mitkCoreObjectFactoryBase.cpp
   Common/mitkCoreObjectFactory.cpp
   Common/mitkCoreServices.cpp
 )
 
 set(RESOURCE_FILES
 Interactions/globalConfig.xml
 Interactions/DisplayInteraction.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfig.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACS.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSPan.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSScroll.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSZoom.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigPACSLevelWindow.xml
 Interactions/DisplayConfigMITK.xml
 Interactions/PointSet.xml
 Interactions/Legacy/StateMachine.xml
 Interactions/Legacy/DisplayConfigMITKTools.xml
 Interactions/PointSetConfig.xml
 
 Shaders/mitkShaderLighting.xml
 
 mitkLevelWindowPresets.xml
 )
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.cpp
index 44989e2bd3..4d5db1bc52 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.cpp
@@ -1,71 +1,90 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 // Blueberry
 #include <berryISelectionService.h>
 #include <berryIWorkbenchWindow.h>
 
 // Qmitk
 #include "InteractionEventRecorder.h"
 
 // Qt
 #include <QMessageBox>
 // us
 #include "usGetModuleContext.h"
 #include "usModuleContext.h"
 
 #include <usModuleInitialization.h>
+#include <mitkXML2EventParser.h>
+#include <vtkSmartPointer.h>
+#include "QmitkRenderWindow.h"
+
 
 US_INITIALIZE_MODULE("InteractionEventRecorder","liborg_mitk_gui_qt_eventrecorder")
 
 
 const std::string InteractionEventRecorder::VIEW_ID = "org.mitk.views.interactioneventrecorder";
 
 void InteractionEventRecorder::SetFocus()
 {
   m_Controls.textFileName->setFocus();
 }
 
 void InteractionEventRecorder::StartRecording()
 {
   MITK_INFO << "Start Recording";
   m_CurrentObserver->SetOutputFile(m_Controls.textFileName->text().toStdString());
   m_CurrentObserver->StartRecording();
 }
 
+void InteractionEventRecorder::Play()
+{
+  std::ifstream xmlStream(m_Controls.textFileName->text().toStdString().c_str());
+  mitk::XML2EventParser parser(xmlStream);
+  std::vector<mitk::InteractionEvent*> events = parser.GetInteractions();
+
+  MITK_INFO << "parsed events";
+  for (int i=0; i < events.size(); ++i)
+    this->GetRenderWindowPart()->GetQmitkRenderWindow("sagittal")->GetRenderer()->GetDispatcher()->ProcessEvent(events.at(i));
+  MITK_INFO << "DONE";
+
+}
+
 void InteractionEventRecorder::CreateQtPartControl( QWidget *parent )
 {
   // create GUI widgets from the Qt Designer's .ui file
   m_Controls.setupUi( parent );
   connect( m_Controls.btnStartRecording, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(StartRecording()) );
+  connect( m_Controls.btnPlay, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(Play()) );
 
   m_CurrentObserver = new mitk::EventRecorder();
   // Register as listener via micro services
   us::ServiceProperties props;
 
   props["name"] = std::string("EventRecorder");
   m_ServiceRegistration = us::GetModuleContext()->RegisterService<mitk::InteractionEventObserver>(m_CurrentObserver,props);
 
 
+
   /*
 
 delete m_CurrentObserverDEBUG;
   m_ServiceRegistrationDEBUG.Unregister();
   */
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.h b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.h
index c0ff230cb5..26151819b8 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.h
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.h
@@ -1,73 +1,74 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 
 #ifndef InteractionEventRecorder_h
 #define InteractionEventRecorder_h
 
 #include <berryISelectionListener.h>
 
 #include <QmitkAbstractView.h>
 
 #include "ui_InteractionEventRecorderControls.h"
 
 #include "mitkInteractionEventObserver.h"
 #include "mitkEventRecorder.h"
 
 /**
   \brief InteractionEventRecorder
 
   Demontrates the use of InteractionOversers.
 
   Allows to record all mouse interaction in the renderwindows save it as XML file. And also replay the interaction.
 
   \sa QmitkAbstractView
   \ingroup ${plugin_target}_internal
 */
 class InteractionEventRecorder : public QmitkAbstractView
 {
   // this is needed for all Qt objects that should have a Qt meta-object
   // (everything that derives from QObject and wants to have signal/slots)
   Q_OBJECT
 
   public:
 
     static const std::string VIEW_ID;
 
   protected slots:
 
     /// \brief Called when the user clicks the GUI button
 
     void StartRecording();
+    void Play();
 
   protected:
 
     virtual void CreateQtPartControl(QWidget *parent);
 
     virtual void SetFocus();
 
 
 
     Ui::InteractionEventRecorderControls m_Controls;
 
  private:
     mitk::EventRecorder* m_CurrentObserver;
 
     us::ServiceRegistration<mitk::InteractionEventObserver> m_ServiceRegistration;
 
 };
 
 #endif // InteractionEventRecorder_h
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
index 0aa3b76d55..bcacecedfd 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
@@ -1,64 +1,71 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>InteractionEventRecorderControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="InteractionEventRecorderControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>222</width>
     <height>161</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>0</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkTemplate</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Filename to store interaction</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textFileName"/>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStartRecording">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>Do image processing</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>Start Recording</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnPlay">
+     <property name="text">
+      <string>Play Recording</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="spacer1">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeType">
       <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>20</width>
        <height>220</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>