/** * @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."); } }