/**
   * @brief Load auctions from a save file, with a pretty splash screen and everything, if
   *     necessary.
   *     <p>I'd like to abstract this, and make it work with arbitrary streams, so that we could
   *     send an XML file of auctions over a network to sync between JBidwatcher instances.
   */
  public void loadAuctions() {
    XMLElement xmlFile = new XMLElement(true);
    String loadFile = JConfig.queryConfiguration("savefile", "auctions.xml");
    String oldLoad = loadFile;

    loadFile = JConfig.getCanonicalFile(loadFile, "jbidwatcher", true);
    if (!loadFile.equals(oldLoad)) {
      JConfig.setConfiguration("savefile", loadFile);
    }

    File toLoad = new File(loadFile);
    if (toLoad.exists() && toLoad.length() != 0) {
      try {
        loadXMLFromFile(loadFile, xmlFile);
      } catch (IOException ioe) {
        JConfig.log()
            .handleException("A serious problem occurred trying to load from auctions.xml.", ioe);
        MQFactory.getConcrete("Swing")
            .enqueue(
                "ERROR Failure to load your saved auctions.  Some or all items may be missing.");
      } catch (XMLParseException xme) {
        JConfig.log().handleException("Trying to load from auctions.xml.", xme);
        MQFactory.getConcrete("Swing")
            .enqueue(
                "ERROR Failure to load your saved auctions.  Some or all items may be missing.");
      }
    } else {
      //  This is a common thing, and we don't want to frighten new
      //  users, who are most likely to see it.
      JConfig.log()
          .logDebug(
              "JBW: Failed to load saved auctions, the auctions file is probably not there yet.");
      JConfig.log().logDebug("JBW: This is not an error, unless you're constantly getting it.");
    }
  }
  public int loadAuctionsFromDatabase() {
    int totalCount = AuctionInfo.count();
    int activeCount = AuctionEntry.activeCount();

    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("WIDTH " + activeCount);
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET 0");

    AuctionServer newServer = AuctionServerManager.getInstance().getServer();
    AuctionServerManager.setEntryManager(this);
    if (totalCount == 0) {
      if (JConfig.queryConfiguration("stats.auctions") == null)
        JConfig.setConfiguration("stats.auctions", "0");
      return totalCount;
    }

    AuctionServerManager.getInstance().loadAuctionsFromDB(newServer);
    AuctionStats as = AuctionServerManager.getInstance().getStats();

    //  TODO -- Do something more valuable than just notify, when the auction counts are off.
    int savedCount = Integer.parseInt(JConfig.queryConfiguration("last.auctioncount", "-1"));
    if (as != null) {
      if (as.getCount() != activeCount || (savedCount != -1 && as.getCount() != savedCount)) {
        MQFactory.getConcrete("Swing").enqueue("NOTIFY Failed to load all auctions.");
      }
    }

    return activeCount;
  }
  public void loadAuctionsFromDB() {
    int auctionTotal = AuctionServerManager.getInstance().getServer().getCount();
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET 0");
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("WIDTH " + auctionTotal);

    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET 100");
  }
  private void loadXMLFromFile(String loadFile, XMLElement xmlFile) throws IOException {
    InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(loadFile));
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("WIDTH " + MAX_PERCENT);
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET " + MAX_PERCENT / 2);

    xmlFile.parseFromReader(isr);
    MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET " + MAX_PERCENT);

    String formatVersion = xmlFile.getProperty("FORMAT", "0101");
    XMLElement auctionsXML = xmlFile.getChild("auctions");
    JConfig.setConfiguration("savefile.format", formatVersion);
    //  set the width of the splash progress bar based on the number
    //  of auctions that will be loaded!
    if (auctionsXML == null) {
      throw new XMLParseException(
          xmlFile.getTagName(), "AuctionsManager requires an <auctions> tag!");
    }
    String auctionQuantity = auctionsXML.getProperty("COUNT", null);

    int auctionTotal = 0;
    if (auctionQuantity != null) {
      auctionTotal = Integer.parseInt(auctionQuantity);
      MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("SET 0");
      MQFactory.getConcrete("splash").enqueue("WIDTH " + auctionTotal);
    }

    AuctionServerManager.setEntryManager(this);
    AuctionServerManager.getInstance().fromXML(auctionsXML);

    AuctionStats as = AuctionServerManager.getInstance().getStats();

    //  TODO -- Do something more valuable than just notify, when the auction counts are off.
    int savedCount = Integer.parseInt(JConfig.queryConfiguration("last.auctioncount", "-1"));
    if (as != null) {
      if (as.getCount() != auctionTotal || (savedCount != -1 && as.getCount() != savedCount)) {
        MQFactory.getConcrete("Swing").enqueue("NOTIFY Failed to load all auctions.");
      }
    }
  }