using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Tango.Serialization
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents a data serializer for serializing data using binary formatter.
    /// </summary>
    public class BinaryDataSerializer : IDataSerializer
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize object to a file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of specified object.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="obj">The specified object.</param>
        /// <param name="filePath">The full path to the file to write.</param>
        public void SerializeToFile<T>(T obj, string filePath)
        {
            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath,FileMode.Create))
            {
                SerializeToStream(obj, fs);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize object from a file.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of object to deserialize.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="filePath">The full path of the data file.</param>
        /// <returns>The resulting object.</returns>
        public T DeserializeFromFile<T>(string filePath)
        {
            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open))
            {
                return DeserializeFromStream<T>(fs);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Serialize object to stream.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of specified object.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="obj">The specified object.</param>
        /// <param name="st">The stream to write.</param>
        public void SerializeToStream<T>(T obj, Stream st)
        {
            BinaryFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter();
            f.Serialize(st, obj);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Deserialize object from stream.
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T">Type of object to deserialize.</typeparam>
        /// <param name="st">Stream to read from.</param>
        /// <returns>The resulting object.</returns>
        public T DeserializeFromStream<T>(Stream st)
        {
            BinaryFormatter f = new BinaryFormatter();
            return (T)f.Deserialize(st);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the serializer full name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return SerializationHelper.GetSerializerName(this);
        }
    }
}