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+import {HtmlAst, HtmlAstVisitor, HtmlAttrAst, HtmlCommentAst, HtmlElementAst, HtmlExpansionAst, HtmlExpansionCaseAst, HtmlTextAst, htmlVisitAll} from '@angular/compiler/src/html_ast';
+import {HtmlParser} from '@angular/compiler/src/html_parser';
+import {beforeEach, ddescribe, describe, expect, it} from '@angular/core/testing/testing_internal';
+
+export function main() {
+  ddescribe('HtmlAst serilaizer', () => {
+    var parser: HtmlParser;
+
+    beforeEach(() => { parser = new HtmlParser(); });
+
+    it('should support element', () => {
+      const html = '<p></p>';
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url');
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+
+    it('should support attributes', () => {
+      const html = '<p k="value"></p>';
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url');
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+
+    it('should support text', () => {
+      const html = 'some text';
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url');
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+
+    it('should support expansion', () => {
+      const html = '{number, plural, =0 {none} =1 {one} other {many}}';
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url', true);
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+
+    it('should support comment', () => {
+      const html = '<!--comment-->';
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url', true);
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+
+    it('should support nesting', () => {
+      const html = `<div i18n="meaning|desc">
+        <span>{{ interpolation }}</span>
+        <!--comment-->
+        <p expansion="true">
+          {number, plural, =0 {{sex, gender, other {<b>?</b>}}}}
+        </p>                            
+      </div>`;
+      const ast = parser.parse(html, 'url', true);
+      expect(serializeHtmlAst(ast.rootNodes)).toEqual([html]);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+class _SerializerVisitor implements HtmlAstVisitor {
+  visitElement(ast: HtmlElementAst, context: any): any {
+    return `<${ast.name}${this._visitAll(ast.attrs)}>${this._visitAll(ast.children)}</${ast.name}>`;
+  }
+
+  visitAttr(ast: HtmlAttrAst, context: any): any { return ` ${ast.name}="${ast.value}"`; }
+
+  visitText(ast: HtmlTextAst, context: any): any { return ast.value; }
+
+  visitComment(ast: HtmlCommentAst, context: any): any { return `<!--${ast.value}-->`; }
+
+  visitExpansion(ast: HtmlExpansionAst, context: any): any {
+    return `{${ast.switchValue}, ${ast.type},${this._visitAll(ast.cases)}}`;
+  }
+
+  visitExpansionCase(ast: HtmlExpansionCaseAst, context: any): any {
+    return ` ${ast.value} {${this._visitAll(ast.expression)}}`;
+  }
+
+  private _visitAll(ast: HtmlAst[]) { return ast.map(a => a.visit(this, null)).join(''); }
+}
+
+const serializerVisitor = new _SerializerVisitor();
+
+export function serializeHtmlAst(ast: HtmlAst[]) {
+  return ast.map(a => a.visit(serializerVisitor, null));
+}