Trying to serialize and deserialize Json

UWPHook/GameModel.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-using System;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Windows.Data;
+using UWPHook.Properties;
 
 namespace UWPHook
 {
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ public class GameModel
         public GameModel()
         {
             games = new ObservableCollection<Game>();
+            var y = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GameModel>("games.json");
         }
 
         private ObservableCollection<Game> _games;
@@ -25,19 +29,23 @@ public ObservableCollection<Game> games
             set { _games = value; }
         }
 
-
-
         public void Add(Game game)
         {
             this.games.Add(game);
         }
 
-        public string game_alias { get; set; }
-        public string game_path { get; set; }
-
+        public void Store()
+        {
+            JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
+            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@"games.json")) {
+                using (JsonWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(sw)){
+                    serializer.Serialize(writer, _games);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
-    public class Game:INotifyPropertyChanged
+    public class Game : INotifyPropertyChanged
     {
         private string _game_alias;
 
@@ -55,7 +63,6 @@ public string game_path
             set { _game_path = value; }
         }
 
-
         public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
 
         private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string Obj)
@@ -65,6 +72,5 @@ private void NotifyPropertyChanged(string Obj)
                 this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(Obj));
             }
         }
-
     }
 }

UWPHook/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 
         private void addButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
+            games.Store();
             games.Add(new Game{ game_alias = alias_textBox.Text, game_path = path_textBox.Text });
         }
     }

UWPHook/UWPHook.csproj

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+      <Private>True</Private>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
@@ -87,6 +91,10 @@
       <Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
     </EmbeddedResource>
+    <None Include="games.json">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
+    <None Include="packages.config" />
     <None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
       <Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
       <LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>

UWPHook/bin/Debug/games.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+[
+
+  {
+    "game_alias": "teste",
+    "game_path": "teste"
+  },
+  {
+    "game_alias": "teste",
+    "game_path": "teste"
+  },
+  {
+    "game_alias": "teste",
+    "game_path": "teste"
+  }
+]

UWPHook/games.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+
+}

UWPHook/obj/Debug/UWPHook.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt

@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\obj\Debug\U
 c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\obj\Debug\UWPHook.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
 c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\obj\Debug\UWPHook.exe
 c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\obj\Debug\UWPHook.pdb
+c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\bin\Debug\games.json
+c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\bin\Debug\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
+c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\bin\Debug\Newtonsoft.Json.xml

UWPHook/obj/Debug/UWPHook_MarkupCompile.cache

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\App.xaml
 11151548125
 
 6-470569544
-131569487696
+14-1541981460
 MainWindow.xaml;
 
 False

UWPHook/obj/Debug/UWPHook_MarkupCompile.i.cache

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ c:\users\brian\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\UWPHook\UWPHook\App.xaml
 11151548125
 
 10-1855892474
-131569487696
+14-1541981460
 MainWindow.xaml;
 
 False

UWPHook/packages.config

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="net461" />
+</packages>

packages/Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1/tools/install.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+param($installPath, $toolsPath, $package, $project)
+
+# open json.net splash page on package install
+# don't open if json.net is installed as a dependency
+
+try
+{
+  $url = "http://www.newtonsoft.com/json/install?version=" + $package.Version
+  $dte2 = Get-Interface $dte ([EnvDTE80.DTE2])
+
+  if ($dte2.ActiveWindow.Caption -eq "Package Manager Console")
+  {
+    # user is installing from VS NuGet console
+    # get reference to the window, the console host and the input history
+    # show webpage if "install-package newtonsoft.json" was last input
+
+    $consoleWindow = $(Get-VSComponentModel).GetService([NuGetConsole.IPowerConsoleWindow])
+
+    $props = $consoleWindow.GetType().GetProperties([System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::Instance -bor `
+      [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::NonPublic)
+
+    $prop = $props | ? { $_.Name -eq "ActiveHostInfo" } | select -first 1
+    if ($prop -eq $null) { return }
+  
+    $hostInfo = $prop.GetValue($consoleWindow)
+    if ($hostInfo -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $history = $hostInfo.WpfConsole.InputHistory.History
+
+    $lastCommand = $history | select -last 1
+
+    if ($lastCommand)
+    {
+      $lastCommand = $lastCommand.Trim().ToLower()
+      if ($lastCommand.StartsWith("install-package") -and $lastCommand.Contains("newtonsoft.json"))
+      {
+        $dte2.ItemOperations.Navigate($url) | Out-Null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    # user is installing from VS NuGet dialog
+    # get reference to the window, then smart output console provider
+    # show webpage if messages in buffered console contains "installing...newtonsoft.json" in last operation
+
+    $instanceField = [NuGet.Dialog.PackageManagerWindow].GetField("CurrentInstance", [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::Static -bor `
+      [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::NonPublic)
+
+    $consoleField = [NuGet.Dialog.PackageManagerWindow].GetField("_smartOutputConsoleProvider", [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::Instance -bor `
+      [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::NonPublic)
+
+    if ($instanceField -eq $null -or $consoleField -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $instance = $instanceField.GetValue($null)
+
+    if ($instance -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $consoleProvider = $consoleField.GetValue($instance)
+    if ($consoleProvider -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $console = $consoleProvider.CreateOutputConsole($false)
+
+    $messagesField = $console.GetType().GetField("_messages", [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::Instance -bor `
+      [System.Reflection.BindingFlags]::NonPublic)
+    if ($messagesField -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $messages = $messagesField.GetValue($console)
+    if ($messages -eq $null) { return }
+
+    $operations = $messages -split "=============================="
+
+    $lastOperation = $operations | select -last 1
+
+    if ($lastOperation)
+    {
+      $lastOperation = $lastOperation.ToLower()
+
+      $lines = $lastOperation -split "`r`n"
+
+      $installMatch = $lines | ? { $_.StartsWith("------- installing...newtonsoft.json ") } | select -first 1
+
+      if ($installMatch)
+      {
+        $dte2.ItemOperations.Navigate($url) | Out-Null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+catch
+{
+  try
+  {
+    $pmPane = $dte2.ToolWindows.OutputWindow.OutputWindowPanes.Item("Package Manager")
+
+    $selection = $pmPane.TextDocument.Selection
+    $selection.StartOfDocument($false)
+    $selection.EndOfDocument($true)
+
+    if ($selection.Text.StartsWith("Attempting to gather dependencies information for package 'Newtonsoft.Json." + $package.Version + "'"))
+    {
+      # don't show on upgrade
+      if (!$selection.Text.Contains("Removed package"))
+      {
+        $dte2.ItemOperations.Navigate($url) | Out-Null
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  catch
+  {
+    # stop potential errors from bubbling up
+    # worst case the splash page won't open  
+  }
+}
+
+# still yolo