/*
File Items.csc

part of the serializableDemo example

Mike Barnes
11/15/03
*/

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;

namespace serializableDemo {

[Serializable]
class Items : ArrayList {

  // read all the items from open file file and place in vector items
  public void deSerialize (string fileName)  {
    FileStream fin = null;  // file to read
    // open file to read
    Console.WriteLine("Reading {0} from {1}", this, fileName);
    try {
      fin = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open);
      // Console.WriteLine("read file {0}", fin);
      BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
      // Console.WriteLine(bf);
      this.Clear();   // clear the contents of the arrayList
      this.AddRange((Items) bf.Deserialize(fin));
      }
    catch (SerializationException e)   {
      Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
      throw;
      }
    finally { fin.Close(); }
    }


  public void serialize (string fileName) {
    FileStream fout = null;  // file to read
    // open file to write
    Console.WriteLine("Writing {0} to {1}", this, fileName);
    try {
      fout = new FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Create);
      // Console.WriteLine("write file {0}", fout);
      BinaryFormatter bf = new BinaryFormatter();
      // Console.WriteLine(bf);
      bf.Serialize(fout, ((Items) this));
      }
    catch (SerializationException e)   {
      Console.WriteLine("Failed to serialize. Reason: " + e.Message);
      throw;
      }
    finally { fout.Close(); }
    }


  public Items() {
    string str;
    Add(new Item("listen to Pat Metheny"));
    str =  "Get a plan for how to complete the first project in 585.  ";
    str += "Perhaps I can look at some examples and then mock up some stuff.";
    Add(new Item("585 p1", str));
    Add(new Item("wash clothes"));
    Add(new Item("write home"));
    str =  "Create separate subdirectories for each version of my ";
    str += "projects in each of the classes that I am taking.";
    Add(new Item("organize hard disk", str));
    }

  public void show() {
    Console.WriteLine("Show {0} items", Count);
    Console.WriteLine();
    foreach (Item token in this) {
      Console.WriteLine(token.ToString());
      Console.WriteLine(); }
    }

  } // end class Items
}