//---------------------------------------------------------------------
/// <summary>
/// Loads an instance of T from a file. The file may contain a
/// serialized form of an editable instance or it may be a text file
/// that needs parsing.
/// </summary>
public static T Load <T>(string path,
ITextParser <T> parser)
{
if (Path.GetExtension(path) == FileExtension)
{
// Deserialize an editable instance from the file
// Binary serialization:
IFormatter formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
Stream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open,
FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
using (stream) {
IEditable <T> editableObject = (IEditable <T>)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
if (!editableObject.IsComplete)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException("Not complete T");
}
return(editableObject.GetComplete());
}
}
else
{
LineReader reader = OpenTextFile(path);
try {
return(parser.Parse(reader));
}
finally {
reader.Close();
}
}
}