public static GameRecord Decode(BitStream stream)
{
if (stream.sizeLeft() < 1)
return null;
GameRecordType type = (GameRecordType)BitOps.ReadByte(stream);
GameRecord rec = null;
// decoding shouldnt fail with an exception, but Create can be static
// in code and should definitely fail
try
{
rec = Create(type);
}
catch (ArgumentException e)
{
Log.Error("Failed to decode GameRecord: {0}", e.Message);
return null;
}
// handle any decoding errors
try
{
// first decode the record timestamp
// will fail if it fails
rec.setTimeStamp(BitOps.ReadUInt64(stream));
bool decodeResult = rec.decode(stream);
if (!decodeResult)
throw new InvalidOperationException();
}
catch (InvalidOperationException)
{
Log.Error("Failed to decode GameRecord: general decoding error");
return null;
}
return rec;
}