/// <summary>
/// Trasnlate Data-Access object to Domain
/// </summary>
/// <param name="sysConfig"></param>
/// <returns>Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration</returns>
private Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration TranslateVariablesToDomian(SystemConfig sysConfig)
{
// Translate Data-Acees object into a Domian object
Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration userConfig = sysConfig.ToDomainObject();
return(userConfig);
}
// DOMAIN TO DATA-ACCESS CONVERSTIONS ................
/// <summary>
/// Trasnlate Domain objects into Data-Access objects
/// </summary>
/// <param name="userConfig"></param>
/// <returns>SystemConfig</returns>
private SystemConfig TranslateVariablesToDataLayer(Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration userConfig)
{
SystemConfig sysConfig = null;
if (userConfig != null)
{
sysConfig = new SystemConfig();
// Translate Domian object into Data-Access object
sysConfig.ToDataAccessObject(userConfig);
}
return(sysConfig);
}
/// <summary>
/// Save to file the system configuraiton
/// </summary>
/// <param name="configFilename"></param>
/// <param name="userConfigs"></param>
/// <returns>bool</returns>
public bool SaveUserConfiguration(string configFilename, Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration userConfigs)
{
// Domain -> Data-Access: Translate Domain object to Data-Access object
SystemConfig sysConfig = TranslateVariablesToDataLayer(userConfigs);
// Save into file using XML serializaiton
ConfigLib.XmlSerializationFunctions.SaveXmlGenericObject <SystemConfig>(configFilename, sysConfig);
// Verify that file was created
bool doesfilExit = File.Exists(configFilename);
return(doesfilExit);
}
/// <summary>
/// Load system configuration from a file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="configFilename"></param>
/// <returns>Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration</returns>
public Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration LoadUserConfiguration(string configFilename)
{
bool doesfilExit = File.Exists(configFilename);
Domain.Dto.UserConfiguration userConfig = null;
if (doesfilExit)
{
// Read configurations from the file and cast object to corresponding type
var sysConfig = (SystemConfig)ConfigLib.XmlSerializationFunctions.LoadXmlGenericObject <SystemConfig>(configFilename);
// Data-Access -> Domain: Translate Data-Access objects to a Domain object
userConfig = TranslateVariablesToDomian(sysConfig);
}
return(userConfig);
}