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+/* ScummVM - Graphic Adventure Engine
+ *
+ * ScummVM is the legal property of its developers, whose names
+ * are too numerous to list here. Please refer to the COPYRIGHT
+ * file distributed with this source distribution.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef PRINCE_RESOURCE_H
+#define PRINCE_RESOURCE_H
+
+#include "common/stream.h"
+#include "common/archive.h"
+#include "common/debug-channels.h"
+
+namespace Prince {
+
+namespace Resource {
+
+	template <typename T>
+	bool loadFromStream(T &resource, Common::SeekableReadStream &stream) {
+		return resource.loadFromStream(stream);
+	}
+
+
+	template<typename T>
+	bool loadResource(T *resource, const char *resourceName, bool required = true) {
+		Common::SeekableReadStream *stream = SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName);
+		if (!stream) {
+			if (required) 
+				error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		bool ret = loadFromStream(*resource, *stream);
+
+		delete stream;
+
+		return ret;
+	} 
+
+	template <typename T>
+	bool loadResource(Common::Array<T> &array, const char *resourceName, bool required = true) {
+		Common::SeekableReadStream *stream = SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName);
+		if (!stream) {
+			if (required)
+				error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		T t;
+		while (t.loadFromStream(*stream))
+			array.push_back(t);
+
+		delete stream;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	template <typename T>
+	bool loadResource(Common::Array<T *> &array, const char *resourceName, bool required = true) {
+		Common::SeekableReadStream *stream = SearchMan.createReadStreamForMember(resourceName);
+		if (!stream) {
+			if (required)
+				error("Can't load %s", resourceName);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		// FIXME: This is stupid. Maybe loadFromStream should be helper method that returns initiailzed object
+		while (true) {	
+			T* t = new T();
+			if (!t->loadFromStream(*stream)) {
+				delete t;
+				break;
+			}
+			array.push_back(t);
+		}
+
+		delete stream;
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* vim: set tabstop=4 noexpandtab: */