public TagsToSerialize readTagsFromFile()
{
try
{
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(currentPath + directory_path + file_path))
{
string json = r.ReadToEnd();
TagsToSerialize tags = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <TagsToSerialize>(json);
return(tags);
}
} catch (Exception)
{
return(null);
}
}
public bool writeTagsToFile(TagsToSerialize tags)
{
try
{
using (StreamWriter file = File.CreateText(currentPath + directory_path + file_path))
{
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
//serialize object directly into file stream
serializer.Serialize(file, tags);
return(true);
}
}
catch (Exception)
{
return(false);
}
}
public Tag[] getTags()
{
lock (tags)
{
if (tags.Count == 0)
{
tagsToSer = tagIO.readTagsFromFile();
if (tagsToSer != null)
{
processLoadedTags();
}
else
{
tagsToSer = new TagsToSerialize();
}
}
return(tags.Values.ToArray());
}
}