/**
* @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.");
}
}
