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+++ b/IniFileReader.cs	Thu Jan 08 20:33:56 2009 +0000
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+// This file (IniFileReader.cs) is a part of the IBBoard.Ini library and is copyright 2009 IBBoard.
+//
+// The file and the library/program it is in are licensed under the GNU LGPL license. Please see COPYING.LGPL for more information and the full license.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace IBBoard.Ini
+{
+	public class IniFileReader
+	{
+		public static IniFile ReadFile(string path)
+		{
+			return ReadFile(new FileInfo(path));
+		}
+		
+		public static IniFile ReadFile(FileInfo file)
+		{
+			if (!file.Exists)
+			{
+				throw new FileNotFoundException(file.FullName+" did not exist and could not be read");
+			}
+			
+			IniFile iniFile = new IniFile();
+			LoadDataFromFile(file, iniFile);			
+			return iniFile;
+		}
+		
+		private static void LoadDataFromFile(FileInfo file, IniFile iniFile)
+		{
+			StreamReader stream = file.OpenText();
+			
+			try
+			{
+				LoadDataFromStream(iniFile, stream);
+			}
+			finally
+			{
+				stream.Close();
+			}
+		}
+		
+		private static void LoadDataFromStream(IniFile iniFile, StreamReader stream)
+		{
+			StringBuilder sectionStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
+			
+			while (!stream.EndOfStream)
+			{
+				string line = stream.ReadLine().Trim();
+				
+				if (IniSectionParser.IsLineStartOfNewSection(line))
+				{
+					String currSection = sectionStringBuilder.ToString();
+					
+					if (IniSectionParser.IsStringAnIniSection(currSection))
+					{
+						IniSection section = IniSectionParser.CreateSection(currSection);
+						iniFile.AddSection(section);
+					}
+					
+					sectionStringBuilder.Length = 0;
+				}
+				
+				sectionStringBuilder.Append(line);
+				sectionStringBuilder.Append("\n");
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+	}
+}