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/* * The MIT License (MIT) * * Copyright (c) 2015-2016, Max Roncace <me@caseif.net> * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN * THE SOFTWARE. */ package net.caseif.flint.common.util.helper; import com.google.common.base.Optional; import com.google.gson.JsonElement; import com.google.gson.JsonObject; import com.google.gson.JsonParser; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.nio.file.Files; public class JsonHelper { public static JsonObject readOrCreateJson(File file) throws IOException { if (file.exists()) { try (FileReader reader = new FileReader(file)) { JsonElement el = new JsonParser().parse(reader); return el.isJsonObject() ? el.getAsJsonObject() : new JsonObject(); } } else { Files.createFile(file.toPath()); return new JsonObject(); } } public static Optional<JsonObject> readJson(File file) throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException { if (file.exists()) { try (FileReader reader = new FileReader(file)) { JsonElement el = new JsonParser().parse(reader); if (el.isJsonObject()) { return Optional.of(el.getAsJsonObject()); } } } return Optional.absent(); } }