public void LoadDatabase(string path = null)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
{
path = Program.Options.DataFile;
}
if (!File.Exists(Program.Options.DataFile))
{
var writer = File.CreateText(path); // Create the file
writer.Write("{\n}"); writer.Flush(); // Write to the stream and flush it
writer.Close(); writer.Dispose(); // Close and dispose of the stream
writer = null; // Null the stream
}
var reader = new StreamReader(path, Encoding.UTF8);
JsonReader jsonReader = new JsonTextReader(reader);
// Try to deserialize the stream
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
ImageDataList imgList = serializer.Deserialize <ImageDataList> (jsonReader);
ImageDataList.Images = new ImagesInternal();
if (imgList != null && imgList.imageList != null)
{
ImageDataList.Images.AddRange(imgList.imageList);
}
imgList = null; // Null the temporary image list
jsonReader.Close(); // Close the jsonReader
reader.Close(); reader.Dispose(); // Close and dispose of the stream
serializer = null; jsonReader = null; reader = null; // Null the serializer, the reader and the stream
}
public void SaveDatabase(string path = null)
{
if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
{
path = Program.Options.DataFile;
}
ImageDataList imagesList = new ImageDataList();
imagesList.imageList = ImageDataList.Images.ToArray();
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
var writer = new StreamWriter(path);
serializer.Serialize(writer, imagesList, typeof(ImageDataList));
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
}