/**
* Read serialized {@link FormDef} from file and recreate as object.
*
* @param formDef
* serialized FormDef file
* @return {@link FormDef} object
*/
public FormDef deserializeFormDef(File formDef) {
// TODO: any way to remove reliance on jrsp?
FileInputStream fis = null;
FormDef fd = null;
try {
// create new form def
fd = new FormDef();
fis = new FileInputStream(formDef);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(fis);
// read serialized formdef into new formdef
fd.readExternal(dis, ExtUtil.defaultPrototypes());
dis.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
fd = null;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
fd = null;
} catch (DeserializationException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
fd = null;
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
fd = null;
}
return fd;
}
