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+# Roblox-File-Format
+A C# library designed to make it easy to create and manipulate files in Roblox's model/place file format!
+
+# Usage
+The `RobloxFile` class is the main entry point for opening and saving files.
+You can provide one of three possible inputs to `RobloxFile.Open`:
+
+- A `string` containing the path to some `*.rbxl/.rbxlx` or `*.rbxm/*.rbxmx` to read from.
+- A `Stream` or `byte[]` to be read from directly.
+
+```cs
+RobloxFile file = RobloxFile.Open(@"A:\Path\To\Some\File.rbxm");
+
+// Make some changes...
+
+file.Save(@"A:\Path\To\Some\NewFile.rbxm");
+```
+
+Depending on the format being used by the file, it will return either a `BinaryRobloxFile` or an `XmlRobloxFile`, both of which derive from the `RobloxFile` class.
+At this time converting between Binary and XML is not directly supported, but in theory it shouldn't cause too many problems.
+
+```cs
+if (file is BinaryRobloxFile)
+    Console.WriteLine("This file used Roblox's binary format!");
+else
+    Console.WriteLine("This file used Roblox's xml format!");
+```
+
+This library contains a full implementation of Roblox's DOM, meaning that you can directly iterate over the Instance tree of the file as if you were writing code in Lua for Roblox!
+The `RobloxFile` class inherits from the provided `Instance` class in this library, serving as the root entry point to the contents of the file:
+
+```cs
+foreach (Instance descendant in file.GetDescendants()) do
+    Console.WriteLine(descendant.GetFullName());
+```
+
+You can use type casting to read the properties specific to a derived class of Instance.
+Full type coverage is provided for all of Roblox's built-in types under the `RobloxFiles.DataTypes` namespace.
+Additionally, all of Roblox's enums are defined under the `RobloxFiles.Enums` namespace.
+
+```cs
+Workspace workspace = file.FindFirstChildWhichIsA<Workspace>();
+
+if (workspace != null)
+{
+    BasePart primary = workspace.PrimaryPart;
+    
+    if (primary != null)
+    {
+        primary.CFrame = new CFrame(1, 2, 3);
+        primary.Size = new Vector3(4, 5, 6);
+    }
+    
+    workspace.StreamingPauseMode = StreamingPauseMode.ClientPhysicsPause;
+    Console.WriteLine($"Workspace.FilteringEnabled: {workspace.FilteringEnabled}");  
+}  
+```
+
+Property values are populated upon opening a file through `Property` binding objects. 
+The read-only dictionary `Instance.Properties` provides a lookup for these bindings, thus allowing for generic iteration over the properties of an Instance!
+For example, this function will count all distinct `Content` urls in the `Workspace` a given file:
+```cs
+static void CountAssets(string path)
+{
+    Console.WriteLine("Opening file...");
+    RobloxFile target = RobloxFile.Open(path);
+
+    var workspace = target.FindFirstChildOfClass<Workspace>();
+    var assets = new HashSet<string>();
+
+    if (workspace == null)
+    {
+        Console.WriteLine("No workspace found!");
+        Debugger.Break();
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    foreach (Instance inst in workspace.GetDescendants())
+    {
+        var instPath = inst.GetFullName();
+        var props = inst.Properties;
+
+        foreach (var prop in props)
+        {
+            Property binding = prop.Value;
+            Content content = binding.CastValue<Content>();
+
+            if (content != null)
+            {
+                string propName = prop.Key;
+                string url = content.Url.Trim();
+
+                var id = Regex
+                    .Match(url, pattern)?
+                    .Value;
+
+                if (id != null && id.Length > 5)
+                    url = "rbxassetid://" + id;
+
+                if (url.Length > 0 && !assets.Contains(url))
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine($"[{url}] at {instPath}.{propName}");
+                    assets.Add(url);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Console.WriteLine("Done! Press any key to continue...");
+    Console.Read();
+}
+```
+
+At this time, property bindings are only generated upon opening or saving a file. Creating your own instance will not automatically generate these bindings, though this behavior will likely be changed in the near future.
+