anx.framework/Tools/ANXContentCompilerGUI/RecentProjects.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;

namespace ANX.ContentCompiler.GUI
{
    public class RecentProjects : List<String>
    {
        private static readonly string Path =
            Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) + System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "ANX Content Compiler" + System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + "recentProjects.ees";

        public RecentProjects()
            : base(10)
        {
            
        }

        public void Save()
        {
            XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create(Path,
                                                new XmlWriterSettings
                                                    {
                                                        Encoding = Encoding.UTF8,
                                                        Indent = true,
                                                        NewLineHandling = NewLineHandling.Entitize
                                                    });
            writer.WriteStartDocument();
            writer.WriteStartElement("RecentProjects");
            foreach (string project in this)
            {
                writer.WriteStartElement("ContentProject");
                writer.WriteValue(project);
                writer.WriteEndElement();
            }
            writer.WriteEndElement();
            writer.WriteEndDocument();
            writer.Flush();
            writer.Close();
        }

        public static RecentProjects Load()
        {
            var instance = new RecentProjects();
            XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(Path);
            while (!reader.EOF)
            {
                if (reader.Name == "ContentProject")
                    instance.Add(reader.ReadElementContentAsString());
                reader.Read();
            }
            reader.Close();
            return instance;
        }
    }
}