//converts a string to ConfigFileData obj
public static string ConvertToJson(ConfigFileData cfd)
{
JObject json = new JObject();
json["outputDir"] = cfd.OutputDir;
json["sourceDir"] = cfd.SourceDir;
json["logName"] = cfd.LogName;
json["thumnailSize"] = cfd.ThumnailSize;
json["inputDirs"] = new JArray(cfd.InputDirs);
return(json.ToString());
}
//generates a string representation for a ConfigFileData obj
public static ConfigFileData ConvertToConfigFileData(string json)
{
JObject jsonObj = JObject.Parse(json);
ConfigFileData cfd = new ConfigFileData();
cfd.OutputDir = (string)jsonObj["outputDir"];
cfd.SourceDir = (string)jsonObj["sourceDir"];
cfd.LogName = (string)jsonObj["logName"];
cfd.ThumnailSize = (int)jsonObj["thumnailSize"];
JArray inputDirs = JArray.Parse(jsonObj["inputDirs"].ToString());
cfd.InputDirs = new string[inputDirs.Count];
int i = 0;
foreach (JValue val in inputDirs)
{
cfd.InputDirs[i++] = val.ToString();
}
return(cfd);
}
