//can deal with singular and plural
private Noun parseNoun(String[] subStrings)
{
String[] currentParamater;
//make new descriptor
Noun result = new Noun();
try
{
//start looping
foreach (String element in subStrings)
{
currentParamater = element.Split('=');
switch (currentParamater[0].Trim().ToLower())
{
case "noun":
//ignore
break;
case "singular":
result.setSingular(currentParamater[1].Trim());
break;
case "plural":
result.setPlural(currentParamater[1].Trim());
break;
case "countable":
result.setCountable(parseBoolean(currentParamater[1].Trim()));
break;
default:
throw new FileLoadException("Syntax error loading noun " + result.noun.ToUpper() + ".");
}
}
}//end try
catch (FileLoadException ex)
{
throw ex; //throw it up to higher level
}
catch (ArgumentException ex) //thrown by incorrect enum parsing
{
throw ex; //throw it up
}
return(result);
}