migrating to .NET Core 2.0

SharedLibraryCore/Interfaces/ISerializable.cs

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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace SharedLibraryCore.Interfaces
+{
+    interface ISerializable<T>
+    {
+        void Write();
+    }
+
+    public class Serialize<T> : ISerializable<T>
+    {
+        public static T Read(string filename)
+        {
+            try
+            { 
+                string configText = File.ReadAllText(filename);
+                return Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(configText);
+            }
+
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new Exceptions.SerializeException($"Could not deserialize file {filename}: {e.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void Write()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string configText = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(this);
+                File.WriteAllText(Filename(), configText);
+            }
+
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new Exceptions.SerializeException($"Could not serialize file {Filename()}: {e.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void Write(string filename, T data)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                string configText = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(data, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented);
+                File.WriteAllText(filename, configText);
+            }
+
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new Exceptions.SerializeException($"Could not serialize file {filename}: {e.Message}");
+            }
+        }
+
+        public virtual string Filename() { return ToString();  }
+    }
+}