/// <summary>
/// Reads a collection of client settings from a file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">Path to config file.</param>
/// <param name="filterIndex">Dialog file type filter index (1 based).</param>
public IEnumerable <ClientSettings> Read(string filePath, int filterIndex)
{
if (filePath == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("filePath");
}
Debug.Assert(filterIndex <= _settingsPlugins.Count());
var serializer = _settingsPlugins[filterIndex - 1].Interface;
List <ClientSettings> settings = serializer.Deserialize(filePath);
if (settings.Count != 0)
{
// update the settings plugin index only if something was loaded
FilterIndex = filterIndex;
FileName = filePath;
}
return(settings.AsReadOnly());
}
