/// <summary>
/// Creates a PropModelDescriptor instance from a XML string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pText">XML string</param>
/// <param name="pErrorText">Text of error, if any</param>
/// <returns>PropModelDescriptor instance, or null if error</returns>
public static PropModelDescriptor LoadFromString(string pText, out string pErrorText)
{
pErrorText = null;
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(pText = pText?.Trim()))
{
pErrorText = "PropModelDescriptor.LoadFromString(): No input text";
return(null);
}
PropModelDescriptor modelDescriptor = new PropModelDescriptor();
try
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(modelDescriptor.GetType());
using (TextReader reader = new StringReader(pText))
{
modelDescriptor = (PropModelDescriptor)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
pErrorText = $"EXCEPTION while deserializing PropModelDescriptor: {exception.Message} - {exception.InnerException?.Message}";
modelDescriptor = null;
}
return(modelDescriptor);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a PropModelDescriptor instance from an existent prop DESCRIPTOR file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pFilename">Path to the prop DESCRIPTOR file</param>
/// <param name="pErrorText">Text of error, if any</param>
/// <returns>PropModelDescriptor instance, or null if error</returns>
public static PropModelDescriptor Load(string pFilename, out string pErrorText)
{
pErrorText = null;
if (!File.Exists(pFilename))
{
pErrorText = "PropModelDescriptor.Load(): File not found";
return(null);
}
PropModelDescriptor propModelDescriptor = new PropModelDescriptor();
try
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(propModelDescriptor.GetType());
using (StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pFilename))
{
propModelDescriptor = (PropModelDescriptor)serializer.Deserialize(reader);
reader.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
pErrorText = $"EXCEPTION while deserializing PropModelDescriptor: {exception.Message} - {exception.InnerException?.Message}";
propModelDescriptor = null;
}
return(propModelDescriptor);
}