/// <summary>
/// Gets a JsonItemFile object for the item passed in
/// </summary>
/// <param name="item"></param>
/// <param name="itemType"></param>
/// <param name="itemId"></param>
/// <param name="itemName"></param>
/// <param name="eventLog"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public JsonItemFile GetJsonItemFileForItem(object item, string itemId, Type itemType)
{
var jsonHelper = new JsonSerializationHelper();
string jsonFileName = itemId.Replace("{", "").Replace("-", "").Replace("}", "");
return(new JsonItemFile()
{
ItemType = itemType.Name,
JsonFileName = jsonFileName,
UniqueFileName = jsonFileName,
JsonContent = jsonHelper.SerializeJsonObject(item, itemType),
RelativePathBeneathTable = jsonFileName
});
}
/// <summary>
/// Loads all the Json Items stored on file system to object list
/// </summary>
/// <param name="jsonRootFolder"></param>
/// <param name="itemTypeFolderName"></param>
/// <param name="itemType"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <remarks>Loading with this method makes it not possible to re-save to file system. Use LoadAllJsonFileItems instead of you wish to resave to file system.</remarks>
public List <object> LoadAllJsonFileItemsToObjects(string jsonRootFolder, string itemTypeFolderName, Type itemType)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(jsonRootFolder))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("ERROR: jsonRootFolder is required");
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(itemTypeFolderName))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("ERROR: itemTypeFolderName is required");
}
if (itemType == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("ERROR: itemType is required");
}
var jsonHelper = new JsonSerializationHelper();
List <object> objects = new List <object>();
// Make sure the folder exists. If it does not then create it.
string folderToLoadFrom = (!jsonRootFolder.EndsWith("\\") ? "\\" : "") + itemTypeFolderName;
if (Directory.Exists(folderToLoadFrom) == false)
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(folderToLoadFrom);
}
// Use directory to get all files beneath a folder and subfolders
var di = new DirectoryInfo(folderToLoadFrom);
var filePaths = di.GetFiles("*.json", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
foreach (var filePath in filePaths)
{
using (var streamReader = File.OpenText(filePath.FullName))
{
objects.Add(jsonHelper.DeserializeJsonObject(streamReader.ReadToEnd(), itemType));
}
}
return(objects);
}
