/// <summary>
/// XML Serialize instance of an AddressBooks Class
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addressBooks">instance to serialize</param>
public static void SerializeAddressBooks(AddressBooks addressBooks)
{
DictToListMapping dictToList = new DictToListMapping(DictToListMapping.DictionaryToList(addressBooks));
XmlSerializer xmlser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(DictToListMapping));
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);
xmlser.Serialize(fileStream, dictToList);
fileStream.Close();
}
/// <summary>
/// XML Deserialize and store in instance of AddressBooks Class
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addressBooks">ref to addressbooks instance</param>
public static void DeserializeAddressBooks(ref AddressBooks addressBooks)
{
DictToListMapping dictToListMapping = new DictToListMapping();
XmlSerializer xmlser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(DictToListMapping));
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
dictToListMapping = (DictToListMapping)xmlser.Deserialize(fileStream);
fileStream.Close();
addressBooks = DictToListMapping.ListToDictionary(dictToListMapping);
}
///Copy constructer
public DictToListMapping(DictToListMapping dictToList)
{
AddressBookName = dictToList.AddressBookName;
ContactName = dictToList.ContactName;
FirstName = dictToList.FirstName;
LastName = dictToList.LastName;
City = dictToList.City;
State = dictToList.State;
ZipCode = dictToList.ZipCode;
PhoneNumber = dictToList.PhoneNumber;
Email = dictToList.Email;
DateAdded = dictToList.DateAdded;
}
/// <summary>
/// Method to map addressbooks dictionary to this class lists
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addressBooks">instance of AddressBooks Class to map</param>
/// <returns>Instance of this class after mapping</returns>
public static DictToListMapping DictionaryToList(AddressBooks addressBooks)
{
DictToListMapping dictToList = new DictToListMapping();
foreach (var element in addressBooks._multiAddressBooks)
{
string addressBookName = element.Key;
foreach (var contact in element.Value.AddressBook)
{
dictToList.AddressBookName.Add(addressBookName);
dictToList.ContactName.Add(contact.Key);
dictToList.FirstName.Add(contact.Value.FirstName);
dictToList.LastName.Add(contact.Value.LastName);
dictToList.City.Add(contact.Value.City);
dictToList.State.Add(contact.Value.State);
dictToList.ZipCode.Add(contact.Value.Zip);
dictToList.PhoneNumber.Add(contact.Value.PhoneNumber);
dictToList.Email.Add(contact.Value.Email);
dictToList.DateAdded.Add(contact.Value.DateAdded);
}
}
return(dictToList);
}
/// <summary>
/// Method to map this class lists to a addressbooks dictionary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="dictToList">Instance of this class to map</param>
/// <returns>Instance of AddressBooks Class after mapping</returns>
public static AddressBooks ListToDictionary(DictToListMapping dictToList)
{
AddressBooks addressBooks = new AddressBooks();
AddressBookMain addressBookMain;
ContactDetails contactDetails;
string addressBookName = "", contactName = "";
for (int i = 0; i < dictToList.AddressBookName.Count; i++)
{
addressBookMain = new AddressBookMain();
contactDetails = new ContactDetails();
addressBookName = dictToList.AddressBookName[i];
contactName = dictToList.ContactName[i];
contactDetails.FirstName = dictToList.FirstName[i];
contactDetails.LastName = dictToList.LastName[i];
contactDetails.City = dictToList.City[i];
contactDetails.State = dictToList.State[i];
contactDetails.Zip = dictToList.ZipCode[i];
contactDetails.PhoneNumber = dictToList.PhoneNumber[i];
contactDetails.Email = dictToList.Email[i];
contactDetails.DateAdded = dictToList.DateAdded[i];
if (addressBooks._multiAddressBooks.ContainsKey(addressBookName))
{
addressBooks._multiAddressBooks[addressBookName].AddressBook.Add(contactName, contactDetails);
}
else
{
addressBookMain.AddressBook.Add(contactName, contactDetails);
addressBooks._multiAddressBooks.Add(addressBookName, addressBookMain);
}
}
return(addressBooks);
}