public static object LoadPreference(XmlNode node)
{
try
{
Object obj = null;
string value = node.InnerText; // XmlDecode(node.InnerText); (already decoded by parser)
if (node.Attributes != null && node.Attributes["type"] != null)
{
switch (node.Attributes["type"].InnerText)
{
case "null":
return(null);
case "int":
int v = 0;
int.TryParse(value, out v);
return(v);
case "bool":
return(node.InnerText == "True");
case "string":
return(value);
//case "MyPreference":
// return new MyPreference().FromXmlNode(node);
case "TimeSpan":
TimeSpan ts = TimeSpan.Zero;
TimeSpan.TryParse(value, out ts);
return(ts);
default:
//if (PreferenceTypeMap.ContainsKey(node.Attributes["type"].InnerText))
//{
Type type = null;
try
{
type = Type.GetType(node.Attributes["type"].InnerText);
}
catch
{
type = null;
}
//Type type = PreferenceTypeMap[node.Attributes["type"].InnerText];
if (type != null)
{
try
{
obj = GetNewObject(type);
IPreference p = (IPreference)obj;
return(p.FromXmlNode(node));
}
catch { }
}
//}
// unknown object type
return(null);
}
}
// no type, so assume string
return(value);
}
catch { }
return(null);
}