Setting Config categories with public List<catList> Categ { set; get; } in C#

Guys,

I'm hopping to create a JSON List with categories and its subs using this:

Code:

public class configObj
        {
            public List<configMessages> Messages { set; get; }
            public configObj() { Messages = new List<configMessages>(); }
        }
public class configMessages
        {
          public string Msg1 = "foo";
          public string Msg2 = "bar";
        }

Anyone knows how to implement this code?

 

gimme a second mate

Code:

public class Info
        {
            public int aa{ set; get; }
            public int bb { set; get; }
            public string ss { set; get; }
            public Info(int i, int r, string n)
            {
                aa = i;
                bb = r;
                ss = n;
            }
        };
        private Dictionary<int, Info> Infoz;public Core.Configuration.DynamicConfigFile InfoData;void Loaded()
        {            InfoData = Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.GetDatafile("MyDataFile");
if (InfoData["Info"] != null)
                Infoz = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<int, Info>>((string)JsonConvert.SerializeObject(InfoData["Info"]).ToString());
            else Infoz= new Dictionary<int, Info>();
}

and too save it

Code:

InfoData["Info"] = Infoz;
                            Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.SaveDatafile("MyDataFile");

 

You can use Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.
ReadObject<T>(name) and WriteObject<T>(name, T Object) for custom objects in C# plugins

For exmp.

Code:

try
{
List<myclass> myobj = Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.ReadObject<List<myclass>>("MyData");
}
catch
{
List<myclass> myobj = new List<myclass>();
}

And to save
Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.WriteObject<List<myclass>>("MyData",myobj);

 

Tnx bros' gonna test.

 

i suggest using my method cause u can simply do

if(Infoz.ContainsKey((int)player.userID))
Infoz[(int)player.userID].aa = 2323;
else
Infoz.Add((int)target.userID, new Info(42, 2424, "Yay"));

efficient for loading and saving due to useing steamid as a index dictionary method is pro cause indexing stuff is superior

 

You are basicly serializing and destializing single file for 3 times its time/resource consuming you can still use dictionaries dirrctly with ReadObject
Dictionary<string,info> = Interface.GetMod().DataFileSystem.ReadObject<Dictionary<string,info>>("MyData"); ofc cast it with try to catch exceptations

 

You can do the same thing with the ReadObject method.

 

@ColonelAngus
yes but im talking about dictionary compared to list, not the serializing way lol

@Feramor
its best to avoid using try and catch methods, you should simply have proper checks in places so you dont cause a exception in the first place

@Feramor | @ColonelAngus
thanks for the hint about the serializing im new to oxide but in no way new to c# i have around 10 years experience

 

Only exceptions for ReadObject is File not found and Deserialization error

 

shame we cant use io we could check if file existed

 

You say you have 10 years of experience in c# why not add the functionality to Oxide.
https://github.com/OxideMod/Oxide

 

im lazy lol

 

Pretty lame reason

https://github.com/OxideMod/Oxide/issues/103

 

This has to be like this Plugin developers should cast it with try structure since we can't construct custom classes with < T > since they may have custom constructers.

 

a simple method in that file to create it with user defined arguments would solve that, without requiring a thrown exception.

Doesn't have to be like that at all