# File rbCFPropertyList.rb, line 194
    def load_str(str=nil,format=nil)
      str = @data if str.nil?
      format = @format if format.nil?

      @value = {}
      case format
      when List::FORMAT_BINARY, List::FORMAT_XML then
        prsr = @@parsers[format-1].new
        @value = prsr.load({:data => str})

      when List::FORMAT_AUTO then # what we now do is ugly, but neccessary to recognize the file format
        filetype = str[0..5]
        version = str[6..7]

        prsr = nil
        if filetype == "bplist" then
          raise CFFormatError.new("Wong file version #{version}") unless version == "00"
          prsr = Binary.new
        else
          prsr = XML.new
        end

        @value = prsr.load({:data => str})
      end
    end