/**
* Create a new skill file based on argument path and mode.
*
* @throws IOException
* on IO and mode related errors
* @throws SkillException
* on file or specification consistency errors
* @note suppress unused warnings, because sometimes type declarations are
* created, although nobody is using them
*/
public static new SkillFile open(string path, params Mode[] mode)
{
ActualMode actualMode = new ActualMode(mode);
try {
switch (actualMode.open)
{
case Mode.Create:
// initialization order of type information has to match file
// parser
// and can not be done in place
StringPool strings = new StringPool(null);
List <AbstractStoragePool> types = new List <AbstractStoragePool>(1);
StringType stringType = new StringType(strings);
Annotation annotation = new Annotation(types);
return(new SkillState(new Dictionary <string, AbstractStoragePool>(), strings, stringType, annotation,
types, FileInputStream.open(path, false), actualMode.close));
case Mode.Read:
Parser p = new Parser(FileInputStream.open(path, actualMode.close == Mode.ReadOnly));
return(p.read <SkillState>(typeof(SkillState), actualMode.close));
default:
throw new System.InvalidOperationException("should never happen");
}
} catch (SkillException e) {
// rethrow all skill exceptions
throw e;
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new SkillException(e);
}
}
