/// <summary>
/// Creates a unique file name for a player character file.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="character"></param>
/// <param name="playerProfile"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
private string CreateUniqueFileName(PlayerCharacter character, string username)
{
string extension = FileExtensionFactory.GetFileExtension(FileTypeEnum.PlayerCharacter);
string directoryPath = DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath + username + "/";
string fileName = character.FirstName + character.LastName;
foreach (char currentCharacter in Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars())
{
fileName = fileName.Replace(currentCharacter.ToString(), "");
}
fileName = fileName.Replace(" ", "");
string originalFileName = fileName;
int index = 1;
while (File.Exists(directoryPath + fileName + extension))
{
fileName = originalFileName + index;
index++;
}
fileName += extension;
return fileName;
}
/// <summary>
/// Serializes a specified player character object to the appropriate file path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="character"></param>
/// <returns>Returns the modified PlayerCharacter object</returns>
public PlayerCharacter SerializePlayerCharacterFile(PlayerCharacter character, string username)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(character.FileName))
{
character.FileName = CreateUniqueFileName(character, username);
}
string filePath = DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath + username + "/" + character.FileName;
if (!Directory.Exists(DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath))
{
// Create the character vault directory
Directory.CreateDirectory(DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath);
}
if (!Directory.Exists(DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath + username))
{
// Create the user's folder
Directory.CreateDirectory(DirectoryPaths.CharacterVaultDirectoryPath + username);
}
try
{
XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(PlayerCharacter));
using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create))
{
serializer.Serialize(stream, character);
}
}
catch
{
throw;
}
return character;
}