How do I save and load a list of objects?

[andymc]

I have a list of objects (each object contains a string and 3 ints), I can save the list to a file using file.writelist but I can't load them again, as loadlist just loads strings. Do I have to save all my objects as seperate strings and then reload them back into objects in the list again?

 

[andymc]

nevermind, I think I'm going to use the random access library.

 

[andymc]

Wow! The randomaccessfile library is brilliant!!! I thought I'd have to deconstruct my list of objects into seperate strings, then save it all off, then ty to load them all back into objects using some overly complex function. This works great!:sign0188::sign0188::sign0188::sign0188:

 

[margret]

Can you share the code you wrote to do this for others?

Thanks,

Margret

 

[andymc]

Sorry! Yes, good point.

Tick RandomAccessFile under the libs tab in the IDE

then the code:
Loading the list from file

Sub Globals
   Dim datesList As List
End Sub

Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
   Activity.LoadLayout("Dates")

   'initialize dates list
   datesList.Initialize

   'Read important dates list from data file
   Dim DatesFile As RandomAccessFile
   DatesFile.Initialize(File.DirInternal,"importantDates.dat",False)
   datesList = DatesFile.ReadObject(0)
   DatesFile.Close

Saving the list to file:

'save important dates list to text file
   Dim DatesFile As RandomAccessFile
   DatesFile.Initialize(File.DirInternal,"importantDates.dat",False)
   DatesFile.WriteObject(datesList,True,0)
   DatesFile.Close

 

[HCAZ]

Thank you

Thank you very much for the example code :sign0098:

 

[Adrian Jansen]

Works like a charm on lists, after spending hours struggling with the stringutils load and save, where I had a list composed of an array of an array of strings.

 

[Erel]

I recommend you to use KeyValueStore class. It wraps RandomAccessFile and provides more options.