using System; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using MediaBrowser.Model.Serialization; namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.AppBase { /// /// Class ConfigurationHelper. /// public static class ConfigurationHelper { /// /// Reads an xml configuration file from the file system /// It will immediately re-serialize and save if new serialization data is available due to property changes. /// /// The type. /// The path. /// The XML serializer. /// System.Object. public static object GetXmlConfiguration(Type type, string path, IXmlSerializer xmlSerializer) { object configuration; byte[] buffer = null; // Use try/catch to avoid the extra file system lookup using File.Exists try { buffer = File.ReadAllBytes(path); configuration = xmlSerializer.DeserializeFromBytes(type, buffer); } catch (Exception) { configuration = Activator.CreateInstance(type); } using var stream = new MemoryStream(); xmlSerializer.SerializeToStream(configuration, stream); // Take the object we just got and serialize it back to bytes var newBytes = stream.ToArray(); // If the file didn't exist before, or if something has changed, re-save if (buffer == null || !buffer.SequenceEqual(newBytes)) { Directory.CreateDirectory(Path.GetDirectoryName(path)); // Save it after load in case we got new items File.WriteAllBytes(path, newBytes); } return configuration; } } }