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/* * Copyright (c) 2017 * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE * SOFTWARE. */ package au.com.addstar.cellblock.utilities; import com.google.gson.Gson; import java.io.*; import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken; import com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader; /** * Created for use for the Add5tar MC Minecraft server * Created by benjamincharlton on 16/03/2017. */ public class Utilities { private static final Gson gsonEncoder = new Gson(); /** * The objects class must much the TypeTokens underlying class. * * @param file the file to save to * @param object the object to save * @param type a TypeToken that is defined using the same class as the object. */ public static <T extends Serializable> void saveFile(File file, T object, TypeToken<T> type) { try { if (file.exists() || file.createNewFile()) { OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file); String encoded = gsonEncoder.toJson(object, type.getType()); out.write(encoded.getBytes()); out.close(); } } catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public static <T extends Serializable> T loadFile(File file, TypeToken<T> type) { if (!file.exists()) { return null; } try { InputStream in = new FileInputStream(file); InputStreamReader inread = new InputStreamReader(in); JsonReader reader = new JsonReader(inread); return gsonEncoder.fromJson(reader, type.getType()); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }