/// <summary>
/// Reads an LState from the given file into the given variable.
/// Returns an error message, or an empty string if everything went OK.
/// </summary>
public static string FromFile(string path, out LState outState)
{
outState = new LState();
Stream fileS = null;
try
{
fileS = File.Open(path, FileMode.Open);
BinaryFormatter bForm = new BinaryFormatter();
outState = (LState)bForm.Deserialize(fileS);
fileS.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return(e.Message);
}
finally
{
if (fileS != null)
{
fileS.Close();
}
}
return("");
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes the given state to the given file.
/// Returns an error message, or an empty string if everything went OK.
/// </summary>
public static string ToFile(LState state, string path)
{
Stream fileS = null;
try
{
fileS = File.Open(path, FileMode.Create);
BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bFormatter.Serialize(fileS, state);
fileS.Close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return(e.Message);
}
finally
{
if (fileS != null)
{
fileS.Close();
}
}
return("");
}