/// <summary>
/// A method to serialize the game repository
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">A string representation of the output file name</param>
/// <param name="savedGameRepository">The saved game repository</param>
public void SerializeRepository(string filename, SavedUserRepository savedUserRepository)
{
string filePath = ObtainPathToDatFile(filename);
using (Stream stream = File.Open(filePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
using (DeflateStream compressedStream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionMode.Compress))
{
BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
bFormatter.Serialize(compressedStream, savedUserRepository);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// A method to deserialize the game repository
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">A string representation of the input file name</param>
/// <returns>A SavedGameRepository object</returns>
public SavedUserRepository DeserializeRepository(string filename)
{
SavedUserRepository savedUserRepository = new SavedUserRepository();
string filePath = ObtainPathToDatFile(filename);
using (Stream stream = File.Open(filePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.ReadWrite))
{
using (DeflateStream decompressStream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionMode.Decompress))
{
BinaryFormatter bFormatter = new BinaryFormatter();
if (stream.Length > 0)
{
savedUserRepository = (SavedUserRepository)bFormatter.Deserialize(decompressStream);
}
}
}
return(savedUserRepository);
}