/* Here is the function for importing a .json file */
static Debt[] Import_json(string file, int entries, Debt[] debts)
{
ILogger logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
/* Log things, in case they go wrong */
logger.Info("Now we use the Import_json function");
/* Obtain the raw data */
try
{
/* Try to read the data. If not, the function will cancel and return what you started with. */
List <json_Debt> json_result;
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(file))
{
string json = r.ReadToEnd();
json_result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <List <json_Debt> >(json);
}
logger.Info("We've read the file");
json_Debt[] json_debts = new json_Debt[json_result.Count];
Debt[] converted_debts = new Debt[json_result.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < json_result.Count; i++)
{
json_debts[i] = json_result[i];
converted_debts[i] = new Debt(json_debts[i]);
}
/* Create a new array to store all the new data, alongside the old data */
Debt[] newdebts = new Debt[entries + json_result.Count];
for (int i = 0; i < entries; i++)
{
newdebts[i] = debts[i];
}
/* Read through line by line, and add in all the new data */
for (int i = 0; i < json_result.Count; i++)
{
newdebts[i + entries] = converted_debts[i];
}
logger.Info("I mean hopefully now it's done, right?");
return(newdebts);
}
catch
{
Console.WriteLine("Invalid file. Please try again.");
return(debts);
}
}
/* We also here have a construct that will take the Json form of a debt, and convert it to the standard form */
public Debt(json_Debt raw)
{
Date = raw.Date;
From = raw.FromAccount;
To = raw.ToAccount;
Narrative = raw.Narrative;
Amount = raw.Amount;
}
