Read and Write Object data from and to NotePad using C#

Read and Write data from and to NotePad

Is this possible by C#? Yes, this is possible by C#. Newtonsoft.Json.dll is needed for this. 

Well a ViewModel is need to be declared and data will be read or written from or to notepad as a type of this ViewModel.

Writing an Object data into a notepad

public static void WrieDataToNotePad(string filePath, Object obj)

        {

            StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(filePath);

            string jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);

            writer.Write(jsonData);

            writer.Close();

           

        }

Example:-

NotePadInteractor.WrieDataToNotePad(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "AppData.txt", new NotePadData { RunApp=true,ModifiedMonth=DateTime.Today.Month});

Here NotePadData is a ViewModel.

If "AppData.txt" is not available in the above location(filePath), it’ll create a file with this name in that location. Data will be stored in JSON format in the .txt file and can be used later in an application as required.

Note:- JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj) is a part of Newtonsoft.Json.dll 

Reading an Object data from a notepad

public static NotePadData ReadNotePadData(string filePath)

        {

            try

            {

              StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(filePath);

              string jsonData = reader.ReadToEnd();

              reader.Close();

              return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NotePadData>(jsonData);

            }

            catch(Exception ex)

            {

                return null;

               throw ex;

            }

           

        }

If location provided in the filePath doesnot contain a file, with the given name then file not found exception will be encountered. So in order to handle this exception, codes need to be written in the catch block.

Type of ViewModel need to be given in this function JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ViewModelName>(jsonData);

Obviously, this function is a part of Newtonsoft.Json.dll