#6 Started working on the saving issue

CombatTracker.csproj

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
     <ApplicationManifest>Properties\app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
@@ -87,7 +91,9 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="Character.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Category.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Character.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="DataSaver.cs" />
     <Compile Include="OverviewForm.cs">
       <SubType>Form</SubType>
     </Compile>
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@
       <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
       <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
     </Compile>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\app.manifest" />
     <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>

DataSaver.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+//Retrieved from: http://blog.danskingdom.com/saving-and-loading-a-c-objects-data-to-an-xml-json-or-binary-file/
+
+using CombatTracker.Models;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CombatTracker
+{
+    public class DataSaver
+    {
+        private const string FILE_NAME = "Characters.json";
+        private const string FOLDER_NAME = "D&D Combat Tracker";
+
+        private readonly string FOLDER_PATH = $@"{Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)}\{FOLDER_NAME}";
+        private readonly string FILE_PATH = $@"{Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData)}\{FOLDER_NAME}\{FILE_NAME}";
+
+        private static DataSaver _instance;
+
+        public static DataSaver Instance
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (_instance == null)
+                {
+                    _instance = new DataSaver();
+                }
+                return _instance;
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates
+        /// </summary>
+        private DataSaver()
+        {
+            if (!Directory.Exists(FOLDER_PATH))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    Directory.CreateDirectory(FOLDER_PATH);
+                    File.Create(FILE_PATH);
+                }
+                catch (Exception)
+                {
+                    //TODO: Handle Exception (Maybe tell the user that things cannot be saved and thus saving data will be disabled for the user (To implement later)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the given object instance to a Json file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object being written to the file.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to write the object instance to.</param>
+        /// <param name="objectToWrite">The object instance to write to the file.</param>
+        /// <param name="append">If false the file will be overwritten if it already exists. If true the contents will be appended to the file.</param>
+        /// <returns>True if writing succeeded, false otherwise</returns>
+        public bool WriteToJsonFile(List<Category> objectToWrite, bool append = false)
+        {
+            TextWriter writer = null;
+            try
+            {
+                string contentsToWriteToFile = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToWrite);
+                writer = new StreamWriter(FILE_PATH, append);
+                writer.Write(contentsToWriteToFile);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex) //TODO: Implement better exception handling
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (writer != null)
+                    writer.Close();
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Reads an object instance from an Json file.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <para>Object type must have a parameterless constructor.</para>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The type of object to read from the file.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="filePath">The file path to read the object instance from.</param>
+        /// <returns>Returns a new instance of the object read from the Json file.</returns>
+        public List<Category> ReadFromJsonFile()
+        {
+            TextReader reader = null;
+            try
+            {
+                reader = new StreamReader(FILE_PATH);
+                var fileContents = reader.ReadToEnd();
+                var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Category>>(fileContents);
+                return deserialized;
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (reader != null)
+                    reader.Close();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Models/Category.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace CombatTracker.Models
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// For saving categories of characters
+    /// </summary>
+    public class Category
+    {
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        public List<Character> Characters { get; set; }
+
+        public Category()
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        public Category(string name, List<Character> characters)
+        {
+            Name = name;
+            Characters = characters;
+        }
+    }
+}

Character.cs → Models/Character.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
-namespace CombatTracker
+namespace CombatTracker.Models
 {
 
     public enum Conditions
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class Character : IComparable<Character>
 
         public List<Conditions> Conditions { get; set; }
 
-        public Character(string name, short initiative, short? maxHP, short? HP, short? tempHP, short fail, short success, List<Conditions> conditions)
+        public Character(string name, short initiative, short fail, short success, List<Conditions> conditions, short? maxHP, short? HP, short? tempHP)
         {
             Name = name;
             Initiative = initiative;
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ public Character(string name, short initiative, short? maxHP, short? HP, short?
             Conditions = conditions;
         }
 
+        public Character()
+        {
+
+        }
+
         public override string ToString()
         {
             //Determine if the HP part should be shown or not:

OverviewForm.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System;
+using CombatTracker.Models;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Data;
@@ -349,7 +350,7 @@ where item.Key.Checked
                 short fails = (short)ListDeathSavesFail.Count(x => x.Checked);
                 short successes = (short)ListDeathSavesSuccess.Count(x => x.Checked);
 
-                Character character = new Character(name, initiative, maxHP, hp, tempHP, fails, successes, chosenConditions);
+                Character character = new Character(name, initiative, fails, successes, chosenConditions, maxHP, hp, tempHP);
 
                 //Update or insert the character
                 if (CharacterList.ToList().Exists(x => x.Name == name))

Program.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using CombatTracker.Models;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Windows.Forms;
 
 namespace CombatTracker
@@ -11,9 +13,49 @@ static class Program
         [STAThread]
         static void Main()
         {
+
+            //Create/Check save data
+            var x = DataSaver.Instance;
+
+
+            var o = DataSaver.Instance.ReadFromJsonFile();
+
+            //Test some stuff
+            var condition_list_1 = new List<Conditions>() { Conditions.Blinded, Conditions.Deafened, Conditions.Grappled };
+            var condition_list_2 = new List<Conditions>() { Conditions.Incapacitated };
+            var condition_list_3 = new List<Conditions>() { Conditions.Stunned };
+            var condition_list_4 = new List<Conditions>() { Conditions.Prone };
+            var condition_list_5 = new List<Conditions>() { Conditions.Unconscious };
+            var condition_list_6 = new List<Conditions>();
+
+            Character character_1_1 = new Character("Flyrion", 15, 0, 0, condition_list_1, 52, 22, null);
+            Character character_1_2 = new Character("Yuri", 18, 1, 1, condition_list_5, 48, 0, null);
+            Character character_1_3 = new Character("Xerxes", 8, 0, 0, condition_list_6, null, null, null);
+            Character character_1_4 = new Character("Lea", 20, 0, 0, condition_list_3, 77, 77, 15);
+
+            Character character_2_1 = new Character("Kollis", 14, 0, 0, condition_list_2, 38, 1, null);
+            Character character_2_2 = new Character("Torrin", 3, 2, 0, condition_list_5, null, null, null);
+            Character character_2_3 = new Character("Tasha", 17, 0, 0, condition_list_4, 47, 43, 4);
+
+            Character character_3_1 = new Character("Mardik", 18, 0, 2, condition_list_6, 20, 20, null);
+            Character character_3_2 = new Character("Treak", 11, 0, 0, condition_list_3, 33, 30, 0);
+
+            Category category_1 = new Category("Aryeh", new List<Character>() { character_1_1, character_1_2, character_1_3, character_1_4 });
+            Category category_2 = new Category("Robin", new List<Character>() { character_2_1, character_2_2, character_2_3 });
+            Category category_3 = new Category("YourHosting", new List<Character>() { character_3_1, character_3_2 });
+            Category category_4 = new Category("Empty", new List<Character>());
+
+
+            var listOfCategories = new List<Category>() { category_1, category_2, category_3, category_4 };
+
+            DataSaver.Instance.WriteToJsonFile(listOfCategories);
+
+
             Application.EnableVisualStyles();
             Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
             Application.Run(new OverviewForm());
+
+
         }
     }
 }

packages.config

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="10.0.1" targetFramework="net452" />
+</packages>