/// <summary>
/// Json file creation from employees.txt
/// <para>Implementation of the code review comments</para>
/// </summary>
private static void CreateJsonFile()
{
string[] roles = new string[] { "Junior Developer", "Semi Senior Developer", "Senior Developer", "Principal", "Team Leader" };
string[] teams = new string[] { "Platform", "Sales", "Billing", "Mirage" };
var generator = new Random();
string inputFileName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["inputFilename"];
var all_lines_in_file = File.ReadAllLines(inputFileName).ToArray();
char splitChar = '\t';
var employees = new List <JsonEmployee>();
for (int i = 0; i < all_lines_in_file.Length; i++)
{
JsonEmployee e = new JsonEmployee();
e.Id = i;
e.Name = all_lines_in_file[i].Split(splitChar)[(int)PropertyIndexes.Name];
e.SurName = all_lines_in_file[i].Split(splitChar)[(int)PropertyIndexes.Surname];
e.Email = all_lines_in_file[i].Split(splitChar)[(int)PropertyIndexes.Email];
e.Age = generator.Next(18, 66);
if (i < 11)
{
e.Role = "Manager";
e.Teams = new List <string>();
}
else
{
e.ManagerId = generator.Next(11);
e.Role = roles[generator.Next(4)];
int count = generator.Next(1, 4);
var employeeTeams = new List <string>();
for (int j = 0; j < count; ++j)
{
employeeTeams.Add(teams[generator.Next(4)]);
}
e.Teams = employeeTeams;
}
employees.Add(e);
}
string outputFileName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["outputFileName"];
File.WriteAllText(outputFileName, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(employees, Formatting.Indented));
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[] roles = new string[] { "Junior Developer", "Semi Senior Developer", "Senior Developer", "Principal", "Team Leader" };
string[] teams = new string[] { "Platform", "Sales", "Billing", "Mirage" };
var generator = new Random();
//Use App.config to configure the input txt file name
//read it: string inputFileName=ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["inputFilename"]
//use it: var all_lines_in_file = File.ReadAllLines("employees.txt").ToArray();
var all_lines_in_file = File.ReadAllLines("employees.txt").ToArray();
//Define the split character once and use it in the for
//char splitChar = '\t';
var employees = new List <JsonEmployee>();
for (int i = 0; i < all_lines_in_file.Length; i++)
{
JsonEmployee e = new JsonEmployee();
e.Id = i;
//Define an enum in the namespace
//enum PropertyIndexes
//{
// Name = 0,
// Surname = 1,
// Email = 2
//}
//Use it for parsing the values
//e.Name = all_lines_in_file[i].Split(splitChar)[(int)PropertyIndexes.Name];
e.Name = all_lines_in_file[i].Split('\t')[0];
e.SurName = all_lines_in_file[i].Split('\t')[1];
e.Email = all_lines_in_file[i].Split('\t')[2];
e.Age = generator.Next(18, 66);
if (i < 11)
{
e.Role = "Manager";
e.Teams = new List <string>();
}
else
{
e.ManagerId = generator.Next(11);
e.Role = roles[generator.Next(4)];
int count = generator.Next(1, 4);
var employeeTeams = new List <string>();
for (int j = 0; j < count; ++j)
{
employeeTeams.Add(teams[generator.Next(4)]);
}
e.Teams = employeeTeams;
}
employees.Add(e);
}
//Use App.config to configure the output json file name
//read it: string outputFileName=ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["outputFileName"]
var jsonFile = File.CreateText("employees.json");
jsonFile.WriteLine("[");
//For serializing the employees list of objects into the json file,
//instead of the for cycle and the manual file management, just use the following
//File.WriteAllText(outputFileName, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(employees, Formatting.Indented));
for (int i = 0; i < employees.Count; ++i)
{
var jsonEmployee = employees[i];
string str =
"{{\"Id\":{7},\"ManagerId\":{0},\"Age\":{1},\"Teams\":[{2}],\"Role\":\"{3}\",\"Email\":\"{4}\",\"SurName\":\"{5}\",\"Name\":\"{6}\"}}";
if (i != employees.Count - 1)
{
str += ",";
}
var formattedEmployeed = string.Format(str,
jsonEmployee.ManagerId.HasValue ? jsonEmployee.ManagerId.ToString() : "null",
jsonEmployee.Age,
string.Join(",", jsonEmployee.Teams.Select(x => "\"" + x + "\"")),
jsonEmployee.Role,
jsonEmployee.Email,
jsonEmployee.SurName,
jsonEmployee.Name,
jsonEmployee.Id);
jsonFile.WriteLine(formattedEmployeed);
}
jsonFile.WriteLine("]");
jsonFile.Flush();
}