/// <summary>
/// Loads a miscellaneous value back from a storage medium (so long as it comes next in the supplied
/// deserialization stream).
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of value expected by the caller.</typeparam>
/// <param name="editDeserializer">The mechanism for reading back content.</param>
/// <param name="field">The tag that identifies the value.</param>
/// <returns>True if an item was loaded, false if the next item in the deserialization
/// stream does not have the specified name.</returns>
internal bool ReadItem <T>(EditDeserializer editDeserializer, DataField field) where T : IConvertible
{
if (editDeserializer.IsNextField(field))
{
T result = editDeserializer.ReadValue <T>(field);
Add(new UpdateItem(field, result));
return(true);
}
return(false);
}
