public static Region Read (string fileName)
{
try
{
string _regionName = "";
string text = "";
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName);
while (reader.Read())
{
switch (reader.NodeType)
{
case XmlNodeType.Element: // The node is an element.
_regionName = reader.Name;
break;
case XmlNodeType.Text: //Display the text in each element.
text = reader.Value;
break;
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
// remeber list of the region
List<List<Tile>> _Region = new List<List<Tile>>();
//split the string into an array
String[] substrings = text.Split();
int countRows = 0;
// get each line in the array
foreach (string row in substrings)
{
//check if the line is an empty lines
if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(row))
{
// removes the , in the array
ArrayList numbers = new ArrayList(row.Split(new char[] { ',' }));
// creates a help list.
var sublist = new List<Tile>();
// puts all the tile info off a row in the help list
for (int j = 0; j < numbers.Count; j++)
{
//declare tile info.
Tile tile = new Tile("Tile " + countRows + " " + j, Convert.ToInt32((numbers[j])));
sublist.Add( tile );
}
_Region.Add(sublist);
countRows++;
}
}
Region region = new Region(_Region, _regionName);
return region;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("The file could not be read:");
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
return null;
}
}
public void addMap(Region region)
{
_map.Add(region);
}
