/// <summary>
/// Converts the string representation of a musical scale to its <see cref="Scale"/> equivalent.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">A string containing a scale to convert.</param>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Scale"/> equivalent to the musical scale contained in <paramref name="input"/>.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentException"><paramref name="input"/> is null or contains white-spaces only.</exception>
/// <exception cref="FormatException"><paramref name="input"/> has invalid format.</exception>
public static Scale Parse(string input)
{
Scale scale;
var parsingResult = ScaleParser.TryParse(input, out scale);
if (parsingResult.Status == ParsingStatus.Parsed)
{
return(scale);
}
throw parsingResult.Exception;
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts the string representation of a musical scale to its <see cref="Scale"/>
/// equivalent. A return value indicates whether the conversion succeeded.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">A string containing a scale to convert.</param>
/// <param name="scale">When this method returns, contains the <see cref="Scale"/>
/// equivalent of the musical scale contained in <paramref name="input"/>, if the conversion succeeded,
/// or null if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the <paramref name="input"/> is null or
/// <see cref="string.Empty"/>, or is not of the correct format. This parameter is passed uninitialized;
/// any value originally supplied in result will be overwritten.</param>
/// <returns>true if <paramref name="input"/> was converted successfully; otherwise, false.</returns>
public static bool TryParse(string input, out Scale scale)
{
return(ScaleParser.TryParse(input, out scale).Status == ParsingStatus.Parsed);
}