public static StreamReader OpenTextStripComments(this FileInfo fileInfo, bool allowGzip = true)
{
if (fileInfo == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("fileInfo");
}
if (allowGzip && (
fileInfo.Extension.Equals(".gz", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) ||
fileInfo.Extension.Equals(".gzip", StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase)))
{
FileStream infile = new FileStream(fileInfo.FullName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
GZipStream zipStream = new GZipStream(infile, CompressionMode.Decompress);
StreamReader reader = zipStream.StripComments();
return reader;
}
else
{
return new CommentedStreamReader(fileInfo);
}
}