//! recursive read from XML
void ReadEntity(XmlTextReader xmlReader, Entity parent)
{
Entity entity = null;
string entityTypeName = xmlReader.Name;
if (parent != null)
{
// create entity
string assemblyName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().Name;
string fullTypeName = assemblyName + "." + entityTypeName;
entity = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CreateInstance(fullTypeName) as Entity;
}
else
{
string thisTypeName = GetType().Name;
Debug.Assert(thisTypeName == entityTypeName, "Trying to load an entity of type " + entityTypeName + " into an " + thisTypeName);
entity = this;
}
// read children
while(xmlReader.Read())
{
if(xmlReader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.EndElement)
{
break;
}
else if(xmlReader.NodeType == XmlNodeType.Element)
{
if (xmlReader.Name == "Properties")
{
// read properties
PropertyStream stream = new PropertyStream();
stream.ReadFromXML(xmlReader, null);
entity.Serialize(stream);
}
else
{
ReadEntity(xmlReader, entity);
}
}
} // end while
if(parent != null)
{
// Add entity after it has been serialized to ensure proper event handling inside of AddChild()
parent.AddChild(entity);
}
}
