diff --git a/Files/XmlFile.Deserializer.cs b/Files/XmlFile.Deserializer.cs
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+namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Files
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Base class for other XML serializers
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+    public partial class XmlFile<T> : IFileSerializer<T>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+#if NET48
+        public T Deserialize(string path)
+#else
+        public T? Deserialize(string? path)
+#endif
+        {
+            using (var data = PathProcessor.OpenStream(path))
+            {
+                return new Streams.XmlFile<T>().Deserialize(data);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/PathProcessor.cs b/PathProcessor.cs
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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+
+namespace SabreTools.Serialization
+{
+    internal class PathProcessor
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens a path as a stream in a safe manner, decompressing if needed
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">Path to open as a stream</param>
+        /// <returns>Stream representing the file, null on error</returns>
+#if NET48
+        public static Stream OpenStream(string path)
+#else
+        public static Stream? OpenStream(string path)
+#endif
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // If we don't have a file
+                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path) || !File.Exists(path))
+                    return null;
+
+                // Open the file for deserialization
+                var stream = File.OpenRead(path);
+
+                // Get the extension to determine if additional handling is needed
+                string ext = Path.GetExtension(path).TrimStart('.');
+
+                // Determine what we do based on the extension
+                if (string.Equals(ext, "gz", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    return new GZipStream(stream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+                }
+                else if (string.Equals(ext, "zip", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    // TODO: Support zip-compressed files
+                    return null;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    return stream;
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // TODO: Handle logging the exception
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Streams/XmlFile.Deserializer.cs b/Streams/XmlFile.Deserializer.cs
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+using System.IO;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Schema;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+
+namespace SabreTools.Serialization.Streams
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Base class for other XML serializers
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+    public partial class XmlFile<T> : IStreamSerializer<T>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+#if NET48
+        public T Deserialize(Stream data)
+#else
+        public T? Deserialize(Stream? data)
+#endif
+        {
+            // If the stream is null
+            if (data == null)
+                return default;
+
+            // Setup the serializer and the reader
+            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
+            var settings = new XmlReaderSettings
+            {
+                CheckCharacters = false,
+                DtdProcessing = DtdProcessing.Ignore,
+                ValidationFlags = XmlSchemaValidationFlags.None,
+                ValidationType = ValidationType.None,
+            };
+            var streamReader = new StreamReader(data);
+            var xmlReader = XmlReader.Create(streamReader, settings);
+
+            // Perform the deserialization and return
+#if NET48
+            return (T)serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
+#else
+            return (T?)serializer.Deserialize(xmlReader);
+#endif
+        }
+    }
+}
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