public function loadTable($table)
    {
        $file = $this->path . '/' . $table . '.json';
        if (is_file($file)) {
            $data = file_get_contents($file);
            if (!$data) {
                return $this->blankTable();
            }

            if (!$data = @json_decode($data, true, 512)) {
                throw new Exception("Unable to parse table file '{$table}.json'");
            }

            return  $data;
        }

        return $this->blankTable();
    }