/// <summary>
/// Provides methods for saving game objects. Most game objects can be saved with no special requirements, however any
/// object that contains a circular referencing property, must have a JSonProperty(ReferenceLoopHandling = Serialize) attribute applied
/// to the offending circular referenced property.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToSave">A reference to an object that needs to be wrote to file</param>
/// <param name="fullFilePath">The full path including filename that this file needs to be saved</param>
public void Save(object objectToSave, string fullFilePath)
{
// Get the directory path without filename
var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullFilePath);
// Check if the path exists. If not, create it.
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
// Check if the file already exists. If so, delete it
if (File.Exists(fullFilePath))
{
File.Delete(fullFilePath);
}
// Setup our binary writer
using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(fullFilePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate)))
{
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
// Must use the custom SerializationContracts contract to ensure
// that public read-only properties have their values restored later.
var contract = new SerializationContracts();
settings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All;
settings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
// Serialize the object to text.
var serialziedObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToSave, Formatting.Indented, settings);
// Write the text to file.
writer.Write(serialziedObject);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Provides a method for loading game objects. Most game objects can be loaded after saving with no special requirements, however any
/// object that contains a circular referencing property, must have a JSonProperty(ReferenceLoopHandling = Serialize) attribute applied
/// to the offending circular referenced property.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fullFilePath">The full path including filename that this file needs to be saved</param>
/// <param name="t">The Type that needs to be instanced and restored.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public object Load(string fullFilePath, Type t)
{
// Get the directory path without filename
var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullFilePath);
if (path == null)
{
return(null);
}
// Check if the path exists. If not, create it.
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
// if the file doesn't exist, abort.
if (!File.Exists(fullFilePath))
{
return(null);
}
// Setup our binary reader.
using (var br = new BinaryReader(File.Open(fullFilePath, FileMode.Open)))
{
// Read the contents of the file and store them
var objectToLoad = br.ReadString();
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
// Must use the custom SerializationContracts contract to ensure
// that public read-only properties have their values restored later.
var contract = new SerializationContracts();
settings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
settings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All;
settings.ContractResolver = contract;
// Deserialize the object and return it.
return(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <Object>(objectToLoad, settings));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Provides a method for loading game objects. Most game objects can be loaded after saving with no special requirements, however any
/// object that contains a circular referencing property, must have a JSonProperty(ReferenceLoopHandling = Serialize) attribute applied
/// to the offending circular referenced property.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="fullFilePath">The full path including filename that this file needs to be saved</param>
/// <param name="t">The Type that needs to be instanced and restored.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public object Load(string fullFilePath, Type t)
{
// Get the directory path without filename
var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullFilePath);
if (path == null)
{
return null;
}
// Check if the path exists. If not, create it.
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
// if the file doesn't exist, abort.
if (!File.Exists(fullFilePath)) return null;
// Setup our binary reader.
using (var br = new BinaryReader(File.Open(fullFilePath, FileMode.Open)))
{
// Read the contents of the file and store them
var objectToLoad = br.ReadString();
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
// Must use the custom SerializationContracts contract to ensure
// that public read-only properties have their values restored later.
var contract = new SerializationContracts();
settings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
settings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All;
settings.ContractResolver = contract;
// Deserialize the object and return it.
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Object>(objectToLoad, settings);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Provides methods for saving game objects. Most game objects can be saved with no special requirements, however any
/// object that contains a circular referencing property, must have a JSonProperty(ReferenceLoopHandling = Serialize) attribute applied
/// to the offending circular referenced property.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="objectToSave">A reference to an object that needs to be wrote to file</param>
/// <param name="fullFilePath">The full path including filename that this file needs to be saved</param>
public void Save(object objectToSave, string fullFilePath)
{
// Get the directory path without filename
var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(fullFilePath);
// Check if the path exists. If not, create it.
if (!Directory.Exists(path))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
}
// Check if the file already exists. If so, delete it
if (File.Exists(fullFilePath))
File.Delete(fullFilePath);
// Setup our binary writer
using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(File.Open(fullFilePath, FileMode.OpenOrCreate)))
{
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
// Must use the custom SerializationContracts contract to ensure
// that public read-only properties have their values restored later.
var contract = new SerializationContracts();
settings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All;
settings.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
// Serialize the object to text.
var serialziedObject = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToSave, Formatting.Indented, settings);
// Write the text to file.
writer.Write(serialziedObject);
}
}