NTDLS.Persistence

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Helpers for reading and writing serialized objects to/from files. Helpful for configuration files.

class UIPreferences
{
    public string Username { get; set; } = string.Empty;
    public bool RememberPassword { get; set; }
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{

    //Example of saving preferences:
    var preferences = new UIPreferences()
    {
        Username = "JPatterson",
        RememberPassword = false
    };

    //The file will be given the name of the class type and the given program 
    //  name and will be stored in the common programs data directory.
    CommonApplicationData.SaveToDisk("MyProgramName", preferences);

    //Exmaple loading preferences:
    var loadedPreferences = CommonApplicationData.LoadFromDisk<UIPreferences>("MyProgramName");
}