/// <summary>
/// Serialize a chunk.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="chunk">The chunk to serialize.</param>
/// <param name="chunkIndex">The chunk index.</param>
public void SerialiseChunk(Chunk chunk, Position chunkIndex)
{
// NOTE: This should occur in a seperate thread, since terrain serialization isn't high priority.
// However, care should be taken to consider the situation when a terrain is being serialized in another thread
// and then a new deserialization request comes in for that chunk. In this case the deserialization thread
// should block
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempt to deserialise a chunk.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="chunkIndex">The chunk index.</param>
/// <param name="chunk">The deserialised chunk.</param>
/// <returns>True if chunk was deserialised; False if a serialization file does not exist for chunk.</returns>
public bool TryDeserialiseChunk(Position chunkIndex, out Chunk chunk)
{
string chunkFile;
if (!this.chunkFiles.TryGetValue(chunkIndex, out chunkFile))
{
// A chunk file doesn't exist for the given chunk
chunk = null;
return false;
}
// TODO: Deserialize the file
throw new NotImplementedException("Chunk deserialization is not yet implemented.");
}