Package com.csse3200.game.gamestate

Class SaveHandler

java.lang.Object

com.csse3200.game.gamestate.SaveHandler

public class SaveHandler
extends Object

Wrapper for FileLoader that has default interactions with various data structs. Saves and loads specified files.

See Also:

• GameState
• Achievements

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	delete(Class<?> className, String dir, FileLoader.Location location)	Clear all data from JSON files.
static SaveHandler	getInstance()	Gets the single instance of the SaveHandler singleton if it exists or creates one if it doesn't.
void	load(Class<?> className, String dir, FileLoader.Location location)	Load all fields to a specified class from JSON files.
void	save(Class<?> className, String dir, FileLoader.Location location)	Save all fields in the specified class to JSON files.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

save

public void save(Class<?> className,
 String dir,
 FileLoader.Location location)

Save all fields in the specified class to JSON files.

Parameters:

className - class to use as saves. For game state (not shared between new games), use GameState.class. For achievements (shared between new games), use Achievements.class.

dir - the directory in assets for the saves to be located in. For game state (not shared between new games), use "saves". For achievements (shared between new games), use "saves/achievements"

location - Libgdx location to save to.

See Also:

• https://libgdx.com/wiki/file-handling

load

public void load(Class<?> className,
 String dir,
 FileLoader.Location location)

Load all fields to a specified class from JSON files.

Parameters:

className - class to use as saves. For game state (not shared between new games), use GameState.class. For achievements (shared between new games), use Achievements.class.

dir - the directory in assets for the saves to be located in. For game state (not shared between new games), use "saves". For achievements (shared between new games), use "saves/achievements"

location - Libgdx location to load from.

See Also:

• https://libgdx.com/wiki/file-handling

delete

public void delete(Class<?> className,
 String dir,
 FileLoader.Location location)

Clear all data from JSON files.

Parameters:

className - class to use as saves. For game state (not shared between new games), use GameState.class. For achievements (shared between new games), use Achievements.class.

dir - the directory in assets for the saves to be located in. For game state (not shared between new games), use "saves". For achievements (shared between new games), use "saves/achievements"

location - Libgdx location to delete from.

See Also:

• https://libgdx.com/wiki/file-handling

getInstance

public static SaveHandler getInstance()

Gets the single instance of the SaveHandler singleton if it exists or creates one if it doesn't.

Returns:

the SaveHandler instance.