/// <summary>
/// Deserialize the xml file represented by the inputted path and return it casted to the type T
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="xmlFilePath"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static T Deserialize <T>(string xmlFilePath)
{
// Create and load the XML document.
XDocument doc = null;
try
{
doc = XDocument.Load(xmlFilePath);
}
catch
{
DebugUtils.Fail("There was a problem loading the XML file with path " + xmlFilePath);
return(default(T));
}
// Create an XmlReader using the XML document.
XmlReader nodeReader = doc.CreateReader();
// Move to the XnaContent element - this is to support backwards compatibility with our existing data files
// One day we may run a script to change them all
Debug.Assert(nodeReader.ReadToDescendant("XnaContent"), "No XnaContent element found as root tag");
// Now move to the Asset element - this contains the name of the type we are trying to load
Debug.Assert(nodeReader.ReadToDescendant("Asset"), "No Asset element found");
// Obtain the Type attribute so we can reflectively work out the type
string dataType = nodeReader.GetAttribute("Type");
// Get the assembly for the type we are trying to load - this has to pass
Assembly assembly;
Debug.Assert(TryGetAssembly(ref dataType, out assembly));
// Move either to the </Asset> tag if we have no data to load, or to the first data element
nodeReader.Read();
// Load the type
return(ReadType <T>(nodeReader, assembly, dataType));
}
