/// <summary>
/// Serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to the specified directory location
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryLocation">Directory location</param>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
/// <returns>True if serialisation completed without any issues.</returns>
public static bool Serialise(string directoryLocation, Medication input)
{
try
{
JsonSerializer serialiser = new JsonSerializer();
serialiser.NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore;
if (Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(directoryLocation, UriKind.Absolute))
{
var fullFileName = Path.Combine(directoryLocation, input.GUID.ToString());
fullFileName = string.Concat(fullFileName, ".json");
using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fullFileName))
{
using (JsonWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw))
{
serialiser.Serialize(writer, input);
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return false;
}
// everything went fine, return true.
return true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Deserialise the JSON file found at the specified file path to an instance of <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">The path of the JSON file.</param>
/// <returns>The deserialised <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object, or a null'd object if anything goes wrong</returns>
public static Medication Deserialise(string filePath)
{
// Null'd Medication object
var returnValue = new Medication();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath) && File.Exists(filePath))
{
var fileContents = string.Empty;
try
{
using (var reader = new StreamReader(filePath))
{
fileContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
// return a null'd version of the object
return returnValue;
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileContents))
{
returnValue = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Medication>(fileContents);
}
}
return returnValue;
}
/// <summary>
/// Used to serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
public string SerialiseMedication(Medication input)
{
return MedicationParser.Serialise(input);
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to the specified directory location
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryLocation">Directory location</param>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
/// <returns>True if serialisation completed without any issues.</returns>
public bool SerialiseMedication(string directoryLocation, Medication input)
{
return MedicationParser.Serialise(directoryLocation, input);
}
/// <summary>
/// Used to serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
public static string Serialise(Medication input)
{
return(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(input));
}
/// <summary>
/// Used to serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
public string SerialiseMedication(Medication input)
{
return(MedicationParser.Serialise(input));
}
/// <summary>
/// Serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to the specified directory location
/// </summary>
/// <param name="directoryLocation">Directory location</param>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
/// <returns>True if serialisation completed without any issues.</returns>
public bool SerialiseMedication(string directoryLocation, Medication input)
{
return(MedicationParser.Serialise(directoryLocation, input));
}
/// <summary>
/// Used to serialise the specified <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to a string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">The <see cref="Winchester.Medication"/> object to serialise.</param>
public static string Serialise(Medication input)
{
return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(input);
}
