/// <summary>
/// Loads the specified binary tag structure and merges its tags with the current structure. The current structure is cleared in the process.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="stream">The stream that contains data about the binary tag structure.</param>
public void LoadFrom(Stream stream)
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure();
structure.LoadStructure(stream);
this.Clear();
this.Merge(structure, MergeMethod.Overwrite);
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads the binary tag structure from its file path.
/// </summary>
public void Load()
{
// Will only attempt to load the structure if the file exists.
if (File.Exists(this.Path))
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure();
structure.LoadStructure(new FileStream(this.Path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read));
this.Merge(structure, MergeMethod.Overwrite);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads a binary tag structure from a stream.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="stream">The stream that contains data about the binary tag structure.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a new binary tag structure loaded from a stream.</returns>
public static BinaryTagStructure FromStream(Stream stream)
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure();
structure.LoadFrom(stream);
return structure;
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads a binary tag structure from a file path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The file path of the binary tag structure.</param>
/// <returns>Returns a new binary tag structure loaded from an external file path.</returns>
public static BinaryTagStructure FromFile(string path)
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure(path);
structure.Load();
return structure;
}
/// <summary>
/// Saves a copy of the binary tag structure to the specified file path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The file path of the binary tag structure.</param>
public void SaveTo(string path)
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure();
structure.Merge(this, MergeMethod.Overwrite);
structure.Save();
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads the specified binary tag structure and merges its tags with the current property file using the specified merging method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="path">The file path of the binary tag structure.</param>
/// <param name="method">The method of merging.</param>
public void MergeFrom(string path, MergeMethod method)
{
BinaryTagStructure structure = new BinaryTagStructure(path);
structure.Load();
this.Merge(structure, method);
}
/// <summary>
/// Merges the given structure with the current structure using the specified merging method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="structure">The structure to merge.</param>
/// <param name="method">The method of merging.</param>
public void Merge(BinaryTagStructure structure, MergeMethod method)
{
MergeCompound(this, structure, method);
}
