/// <summary>
/// A method to serialize the game repository
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">The output file name</param>
/// <param name="savedGameRepository">The saved game repository</param>
public void SerializeRepository(string filename, SavedGameRepository savedGameRepository)
{
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, savedGameRepository);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// A method to deserialize the game repository
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filename">The input file name</param>
/// <returns>The saved game repository</returns>
public SavedGameRepository DeserializeRepository(string filename)
{
SavedGameRepository savedGameRepository = new SavedGameRepository();
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)
{
savedGameRepository = (SavedGameRepository)bFormatter.Deserialize(decompressStream);
}
}
}
return(savedGameRepository);
}