Danbias/Code/Game/GameLogic/LevelLoader/Loader.cpp

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// Created by Sam Svensson 2013 //
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#include "Loader.h"

using namespace GameLogic::LevelFileLoader;
using namespace Oyster::Resource;
using namespace std;

unsigned char* Loader::LoadFile(std::string fileName, int &size)
{
	//convert from string to wstring
	std::wstring temp(fileName.begin(), fileName.end());

	//convert from wstring to wchar then loads the file
	unsigned char* buffer = (unsigned char*)OysterResource::LoadResource(temp.c_str(), Oyster::Resource::ResourceType::ResourceType_Byte_Raw, -1 , false);

	//gets the size of the char buffer.
	size = OysterResource::GetResourceSize(buffer);
	return buffer;
}