diff --git a/src/XML-Parser/XMLPharoFileReferenceReadStreamFactory.class.st b/src/XML-Parser/XMLPharoFileReferenceReadStreamFactory.class.st
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+"
+A StandardFileStream read stream factory. This stream is preferred for Squeak/Pharo because it does no decoding and returns byte characters so XMLParser can do its own decoding.
+"
+Class {
+	#name : 'XMLPharoFileReferenceReadStreamFactory',
+	#superclass : 'XMLFileReadStreamFactory',
+	#category : 'XML-Parser-Files',
+	#package : 'XML-Parser',
+	#tag : 'Files'
+}
+
+{ #category : 'basic' }
+XMLPharoFileReferenceReadStreamFactory class >> basicOnPath: aPathString [
+	^ aPathString asFileReference ensureCreateFile binaryReadStream
+]
+
+{ #category : 'testing' }
+XMLPharoFileReferenceReadStreamFactory class >> isSupportedImplementation [
+	^ XMLClassFinder hasClassNamed: #ZnBufferedReadStream
+]
diff --git a/src/XML-Parser/XMLPharoFileReferenceWriteStreamFactory.class.st b/src/XML-Parser/XMLPharoFileReferenceWriteStreamFactory.class.st
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+"
+A StandardFileStream write stream factory. This stream is preferred for Pharo/Squeak because it does no encoding and accepts byte characters so XMLParser can do its own encoding.
+"
+Class {
+	#name : 'XMLPharoFileReferenceWriteStreamFactory',
+	#superclass : 'XMLFileWriteStreamFactory',
+	#category : 'XML-Parser-Files',
+	#package : 'XML-Parser',
+	#tag : 'Files'
+}
+
+{ #category : 'basic' }
+XMLPharoFileReferenceWriteStreamFactory class >> basicOnPath: aPathString [
+	^ aPathString asFileReference ensureCreateFile binaryWriteStream
+]
+
+{ #category : 'testing' }
+XMLPharoFileReferenceWriteStreamFactory class >> isSupportedImplementation [
+	^ XMLClassFinder hasClassNamed: #ZnBufferedWriteStream
+]