GenXdev.Helpers

1.48.2024

Serialization.cs

using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
namespace GenXdev.Helpers
{
    public static class Serialization
    {
        public static String ToJson(object obj, bool indent = false)
        {
            if (indent)
            {
                return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented);
            }
 
            var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(obj.GetType());
            var ms = new MemoryStream();
            serializer.WriteObject(ms, obj);
 
            ms.Flush();
            ms.Position = 0;
 
            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(ms, new UTF8Encoding()))
            {
                return sr.ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
 
        public static bool ToJsonFile(object obj, string filePath, bool indent = false)
        {
            try
            {
                FileSystem.ForciblyPrepareTargetFilePath(filePath);
 
                using (var stream = new FileStream(
                        filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None,
                        1024 * 32, FileOptions.None))
                {
                    var bytes = new UTF8Encoding(false).GetBytes(ToJson(obj, indent));
 
                    stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
 
                    return true;
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
 
        public static String ToJsonAnonymous(object obj)
        {
            return ToJson(obj);
        }
 
        public static bool ToJsonAnonymous(object obj, string filePath)
        {
            try
            {
                using (var stream = new FileStream(
                        filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None,
                        1024 * 32, FileOptions.None))
                {
                    var bytes = new UTF8Encoding(false).GetBytes(ToJsonAnonymous(obj));
 
                    stream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
 
                    return true;
                }
            }
            catch
            {
                return false;
            }
        }
 
        public static T FromJson<T>(String JSON)
        {
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(JSON);
 
            //var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
 
            //MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream();
            //using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(ms, new UTF8Encoding()))
            //{
            // sw.Write(RemoveJSONComments(JSON));
            // sw.Flush();
            // ms.Flush();
            // ms.Position = 0;
 
            // return (T)serializer.ReadObject(ms);
            //}
        }
 
        public static string RemoveJSONComments(String JSON)
        {
            // init
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 
            // split up into lines
            var lines = JSON.Replace("\n", "").Split('\r');
 
            foreach (var line in lines)
            {
                // remove whitespaces
                var trimmedLine = line.Trim();
 
                // not a comment?
                if (!trimmedLine.StartsWith("\\\\"))
                {
                    // then keep it
                    sb.Append(line + " ");
                }
            }
 
            return sb.ToString();
        }
    }
}