public static ItemTree FromFile(string aFileName)
{
string text = File.ReadAllText(aFileName);
ItemTree root = (ItemTree)Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(text, typeof(ItemTree));
return(root);
}
static public void SaveToFile(ItemTree root, Dictionary <string, object> dataBindings, string filePath)
{
//Build json object from dataBindings
var rootJsonObject = new JObject();
NameToJsonObject mapObjects = new NameToJsonObject();
root.FullName = "";
BuildTree(root, rootJsonObject, mapObjects);
//update json object with data in databindings.
foreach (var pair in dataBindings)
{
if (dataBindings[pair.Key] == null)
{
mapObjects[pair.Key].Value = null;
}
else
{
mapObjects[pair.Key].Value = JToken.FromObject(dataBindings[pair.Key]);
}
}
//Serialize json
string text = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(rootJsonObject, new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings()
{
Formatting = Formatting.Indented
});
//write serialized json to disk
File.WriteAllText(filePath, text);
}
static private void BuildTree(ItemTree root, Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject rootObject, NameToJsonObject mapObjects)
{
if (root.type == "root" || root.type == "menu")
{
if (root.type == "menu")
{
JObject childObject = new JObject();
rootObject.Add(root.name, childObject);
rootObject = childObject;
}
foreach (ItemTree subitem in root.subitems)
{
BuildTree(subitem, rootObject, mapObjects);
}
}
else
{
JProperty prop = new JProperty(root.name, null);
rootObject.Add(prop);
mapObjects.Add(root.FullName, prop);
}
}
public DataProvider(ItemTree aRoot)
{
fRootTemplate = aRoot;
fBoundViews = new List <DataView>();
Initialize();
}