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Class SaveHandler

Namespace
TinyLife
Assembly
Tiny Life.dll

A utility class used by the game for various actions and information related to saving and loading.

public static class SaveHandler
Inheritance
SaveHandler
Inherited Members

Methods

CreateSerializer(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>)

Creates a new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer that uses the Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings returned in CreateSerializerSettings(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>).

public static JsonSerializer CreateSerializer(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs> errorHandler = null)

Parameters

errorHandler EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>

An optional error handler.

Returns

JsonSerializer

A new Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer with some default values set.

CreateSerializerSettings(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>)

Creates a new instance of Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings, initialized to some default values for saving and loading Map and, specifically, MapObject instances. Additionally, an errorHandler can optionally be attached to determine what should happen when a serialization error occurs.

public static JsonSerializerSettings CreateSerializerSettings(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs> errorHandler)

Parameters

errorHandler EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>

An optional error handler.

Returns

JsonSerializerSettings

A new instance of Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings with some default values set.

GetGameDir()

Returns a DirectoryInfo that points to the game's data directory. For more information on where this directory is stored, see https://docs.tinylifegame.com/articles/game_dir.html.

public static DirectoryInfo GetGameDir()

Returns

DirectoryInfo

The game's data directory.

GetSaveBackups(string)

Returns a set of all of the files in the directory of the save with the given name that have the extension ".bak" or ".old".

public static IEnumerable<FileInfo> GetSaveBackups(string name)

Parameters

name string

The name of the save.

Returns

IEnumerable<FileInfo>

The backup files.

GetSaveDir(string)

Returns a DirectoryInfo that points to the directory that a save with the given name is or would be stored in. This method returns a subdirectory of GetSavesDir().

public static DirectoryInfo GetSaveDir(string name)

Parameters

name string

Returns

DirectoryInfo

The directory for the given save.

GetSavesDir()

Returns a DirectoryInfo that points to the game's saves directory. This method returns a subdirectory of GetGameDir().

public static DirectoryInfo GetSavesDir()

Returns

DirectoryInfo

The game's saves directory.

Events

OnGameLoaded

An event that is raised before and after the game is loaded.

public static event Action<GameImpl, EventPhase> OnGameLoaded

Event Type

Action<GameImpl, EventPhase>

OnGameSaved

An event that is raised before and after the game is saved.

public static event Action<GameImpl, EventPhase> OnGameSaved

Event Type

Action<GameImpl, EventPhase>

OnSaveDataCreated

An event that is raised when the game's SaveHandler.SaveData is loaded.

public static event Action<GameImpl, SaveHandler.SaveData> OnSaveDataCreated

Event Type

Action<GameImpl, SaveHandler.SaveData>

OnSaveDataLoaded

An event that is raised when the game's SaveHandler.SaveData is saved.

public static event Action<GameImpl, SaveHandler.SaveData> OnSaveDataLoaded

Event Type

Action<GameImpl, SaveHandler.SaveData>

OnSaveLoadError

An event that is raised when a Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer or Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings created in CreateSerializer(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>) or CreateSerializerSettings(EventHandler<ErrorEventArgs>) is used for serialization or deserialization, and an error occurs. This event is a subscription to Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializerSettings.Error.

public static event EventHandler<(ErrorEventArgs, EventPhase)> OnSaveLoadError

Event Type

EventHandler<(ErrorEventArgs, EventPhase)>