diff --git a/ccm-cms-types-mparticle/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/MultiPartArticleDataXMLGenerator.java b/ccm-cms-types-mparticle/src/com/arsdigita/cms/contenttypes/MultiPartArticleDataXMLGenerator.java
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+package com.arsdigita.cms.contenttypes;
+
+import com.arsdigita.bebop.Page;
+import com.arsdigita.bebop.PageState;
+import com.arsdigita.cms.CMS;
+import com.arsdigita.cms.ContentItem;
+import com.arsdigita.cms.ExtraXMLGenerator;
+import com.arsdigita.xml.Element;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Jens Pelzetter <jens@jp-digital.de>
+ */
+public class MultiPartArticleDataXMLGenerator implements ExtraXMLGenerator {
+
+    public MultiPartArticleDataXMLGenerator() {
+        //Nothing
+    }
+    
+    public void generateXML(final ContentItem item,
+                            final Element element,
+                            final PageState state) {
+        if (!(item instanceof MultiPartArticle)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("This ExtraXMLGenerator can only process "
+                                               + "MultiPartArticleItems.");
+        }
+
+        final MultiPartArticle article = (MultiPartArticle) item;
+
+        final Element root = element.newChildElement("cms:mpadata", CMS.CMS_XML_NS);
+        
+        final Element numberOfPages = root.newChildElement("numberOfPages");
+        numberOfPages.setText(calulateNumberOfPages(article));
+        
+        
+    }
+    
+    private String calulateNumberOfPages(final MultiPartArticle article) {
+        int numberOfPages = 0;
+        
+        final ArticleSectionCollection sections = article.getSections();
+        while(sections.next()) {
+            if (sections.getArticleSection().isPageBreak()) {
+                numberOfPages++;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        if (numberOfPages == 0) {
+            numberOfPages = 1;
+        }
+        
+        return Integer.toString(numberOfPages);
+    }
+
+    public void addGlobalStateParams(final Page page) {
+        //Nothing
+    }
+    
+    public void setListMode(final boolean listMode) {
+        //Ignored here
+    }
+    
+}