/// <summary>
/// Saves the currently loaded T Settings object as a serialized XML file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">The filename to save the serialized representation to (including the absolute path: C:\my\directory\filename.xml)</param>
/// <param name="errorMessage">The errormessage if not successfull.</param>
/// <returns>True if successfull, otherwise false.</returns>
public bool SaveAsXmlFile(string filename, out string errorMessage)
{
errorMessage = "T Settings object was null and therefore could not be serialized.";
if (this.Settings != null)
{
if (XmlSerializationHelper <T> .SaveAsXmlFile(this.Settings, filename, out errorMessage))
{
lock (_CacheLock)
{
_Filename = filename;
_SetCachedependencyOnFilename = true;
RefreshCache();
}
return(true);
}
}
return(false);
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads the current Settings property from a specified xml string. The xml be a serialized version of the defined T object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="xml">The serialized xml version of the T object to load</param>
public void LoadFromXml(string xml)
{
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(xml))
{
lock (_CacheLock)
{
string errorMessage = string.Empty;
_Settings = XmlSerializationHelper <T> .ConvertFromXml(xml, out errorMessage);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(errorMessage) || _Settings == null)
{
throw new XmlSettingsManagerException(errorMessage);
}
_SetCachedependencyOnFilename = false;
_Filename = string.Empty;
RefreshCache();
}
}
}