From 0bde8601602e72acb32595ca2912b54844020803 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alcexhim <alcexhim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 15:08:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add convenience method to get an ObjectModel directly from a
 File

---
 .../ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs             | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs b/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
index 105b5efc..8aa1e69f 100644
--- a/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
+++ b/CSharp/Libraries/UniversalEditor.Essential/ObjectModels/FileSystem/File.cs
@@ -168,6 +168,23 @@ namespace UniversalEditor.ObjectModels.FileSystem
 			return clone;
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets an <see cref="ObjectModel" /> for this file using the specified <see cref="DataFormat" />.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T">The type of <see cref="ObjectModel" /> to return.</typeparam>
+		/// <param name="df">The <see cref="DataFormat" /> specifying how to read the file data.</param>
+		/// <returns>An <see cref="ObjectModel" /> with the file data, or null if the specified ObjectModel cannot be retrieved with the specified DataFormat from this file.</returns>
+		public T GetObjectModel<T>(DataFormat df) where T : ObjectModel, new()
+		{
+			byte[] data = GetData();
+			MemoryAccessor ma = new MemoryAccessor(data);
+
+			T om = new T();
+			Document.Load(om, df, ma);
+
+			return om;
+		}
+
 		public override string ToString()
 		{
 			string strSize = "*";