using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace SafeMobileLib.Helpers
{
    public static class SerializationHelper
    {
        public static void Serialize(this List<string> list, string fileName)
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<string>));
            using (var stream = File.OpenWrite(fileName))
            {
                serializer.Serialize(stream, list);
            }
        }

        public static void Deserialize(this List<string> list, string fileName)
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<string>));
            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(fileName))
            {
                var other = (List<string>)(serializer.Deserialize(stream));
                list.Clear();
                list.AddRange(other);
            }
        }

        public static List<String> DesirializeWithLinq(string path)
        {
            XElement root = XElement.Load(path);

            var numbers = root.Descendants("gps")
                .Select(x => x.Value).ToList();

            return numbers;
        }

        public static void SerializeWithLinq(List<string> lst, string path)
        {
            string name = "gps";

            XElement root = new XElement("gps");
            int cnt = 0;
            foreach (var item in lst)
            {
                root.Add(new XElement(name, item.ToString()));
                cnt++;
            }
            root.Save(path);
        }
    }
}