/// <summary>
/// Saves a ProgramContext to disk as xml.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="context">The context to save.</param>
/// <param name="filepath">The path, name, and extension to save the context.</param>
/// <returns>True if the save was successful.</returns>
public static bool Save(ProgramContext context, string filepath)
{
string fileDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(filepath);
if (context == null)
{
Program.WriteLine(string.Format("Cannot save null xml file."), Format.Error);
return(false);
}
else if (!Directory.Exists(fileDirectory))
{
Program.WriteLine(string.Format("Cannot save xml file {0} to {1}. The directory does not exist.", context, fileDirectory), Format.Error);
return(false);
}
else if (File.Exists(filepath))
{
Program.WriteLine(string.Format("Cannot create xml file. {0} because it already exists.", filepath), Format.Error);
return(false);
}
else
{
try
{
var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(ProgramContext));
using (TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filepath))
{
serializer.Serialize(writer, context);
Program.WriteLine(string.Format("Saved a settings file to '{0}' for '{1}'.", filepath, context), Format.Notify);
return(true);
}
}
catch (Exception exception)
{
if (File.Exists(filepath))
{
Program.WriteLine(string.Format("Deleting the temporary xml file {0}", filepath), Format.Notify);
File.Delete(filepath);
}
Program.WriteLine(exception.ToString(), Format.Error);
return(false);
}
}
}
public abstract bool Run(ProgramContext context);
