#pragma once

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>

namespace Neat
{
    class FileHelper
    {
    public:
        template <typename T>
        static bool readFromFile(const std::string& path, T& bufferInstance)
        {
            bool success = true;
            std::ifstream file(path);

            try
            {
                nlohmann::json jsonFromFile = nlohmann::json::parse(file);
                bufferInstance = meta::deserialize<T>(jsonFromFile);
            }
            catch(const std::exception& e)
            {
                std::cerr << e.what() << '\n';
                success = false;
            }

            file.close();
            return success;
        }

        template <typename T>
        static bool writeToFile(const std::string& path, const T& instance)
        {
            bool success = true;
            std::ofstream file(path);

            try
            {
                nlohmann::json jsonFromInstance = meta::serialize<T>(instance);
                file << jsonFromInstance;
            }
            catch(const std::exception& e)
            {
                std::cerr << e.what() << '\n';
                success = false;
            }

            file.close();
            return success;
        }

    };
}