/// <summary>
/// Parses a description of an addon and extracts Type and Tags if it was an appropriate JSON string.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="readDescription">The whole description read from the file.</param>
/// <param name="type">The type of the addon.</param>
/// <param name="tags">The tag list of the addon.</param>
/// <returns>The description part of the readDescription input (if it was JSON) or the whole input.</returns>
public static string ParseDescription(string readDescription, ref string type, ref List <string> tags)
{
string description = readDescription; // By default, the description is the whole we read.
string newline = Environment.NewLine.Replace("\r", "\\u000d").Replace("\n", "\\u000a");
string descTempReplace = readDescription.Replace("\\n", newline).Replace("\\t", "\\u0009");
using (MemoryStream descStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(descTempReplace)))
{
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)descStream.Length];
descStream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)descStream.Length);
descStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(DescriptionJSON));
try
{
DescriptionJSON dJSON = (DescriptionJSON)jsonSerializer.ReadObject(descStream);
description = dJSON.Description; // If there's a description in the JSON, make it the returned description
type = dJSON.Type;
tags = new List <string>(dJSON.Tags);
}
catch (SerializationException)
{
// The description is a plaintext in the file.
type = String.Empty;
tags = new List <string>();
}
}
return(description);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a JSON string using the properties of the provided Addon.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addon">The addon which metadata is to be used.</param>
/// <returns>The compiled JSON string.</returns>
/// <exception cref="AddonJSONException">Errors regarding creating the JSON.</exception>
public static string BuildDescription(Addon addon)
{
DescriptionJSON tree = new DescriptionJSON();
tree.Description = addon.Description;
// Load the addon type
if (addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant() == String.Empty || addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant() == null)
throw new AddonJSONException("type is empty!");
else
{
if (!SharpGMad.Tags.TypeExists(addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant()))
throw new AddonJSONException("type isn't a supported type!");
else
tree.Type = addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant();
}
// Parse the tags
tree.Tags = new List<string>();
if (addon.Tags.Count > 2)
throw new AddonJSONException("too many tags - specify 2 only!");
else
{
foreach (string tag in addon.Tags)
{
if (tag == String.Empty || tag == null) continue;
if (!SharpGMad.Tags.TagExists(tag.ToLowerInvariant()))
throw new AddonJSONException("tag isn't a supported word!");
else
tree.Tags.Add(tag.ToLowerInvariant());
}
}
string strOutput;
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonFormatter = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(DescriptionJSON));
try
{
jsonFormatter.WriteObject(stream, tree);
}
catch (SerializationException ex)
{
throw new AddonJSONException("Couldn't create json", ex);
}
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
byte[] bytes = new byte[stream.Length];
stream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)stream.Length);
strOutput = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
}
return strOutput;
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a JSON string using the properties of the provided Addon.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="addon">The addon which metadata is to be used.</param>
/// <returns>The compiled JSON string.</returns>
/// <exception cref="AddonJSONException">Errors regarding creating the JSON.</exception>
public static string BuildDescription(Addon addon)
{
DescriptionJSON tree = new DescriptionJSON();
tree.Description = addon.Description;
// Load the addon type
if (addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant() == String.Empty || addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant() == null)
{
throw new AddonJSONException("type is empty!");
}
else
{
if (!SharpGMad.Tags.TypeExists(addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant()))
{
throw new AddonJSONException("type isn't a supported type!");
}
else
{
tree.Type = addon.Type.ToLowerInvariant();
}
}
// Parse the tags
tree.Tags = new List <string>();
if (addon.Tags.Count > 2)
{
throw new AddonJSONException("too many tags - specify 2 only!");
}
else
{
foreach (string tag in addon.Tags)
{
if (tag == String.Empty || tag == null)
{
continue;
}
if (!SharpGMad.Tags.TagExists(tag.ToLowerInvariant()))
{
throw new AddonJSONException("tag isn't a supported word!");
}
else
{
tree.Tags.Add(tag.ToLowerInvariant());
}
}
}
string strOutput;
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonFormatter = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(DescriptionJSON));
try
{
jsonFormatter.WriteObject(stream, tree);
}
catch (SerializationException ex)
{
throw new AddonJSONException("Couldn't create json", ex);
}
stream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
byte[] bytes = new byte[stream.Length];
stream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)stream.Length);
strOutput = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);
strOutput = strOutput.Replace("\\u000d", "").Replace("\\u0009", "\\t").Replace("\\u000a", "\\n");
}
return(strOutput);
}
