using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Storage;
using System.IO;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace DarkWynter.Engine.HighScores
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This class provides a way to save a list of HighScores
    /// </summary>
    class SaveScore
    {
        private String file;
        private String path;
        
        /// <summary>
        /// Constuctor that takes the path and file with extension
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="path"></param>
        /// <param name="file"></param>
        public SaveScore(String path, String file)
        {
            this.path = path;
            this.file = file;
        }//end constructor

        /// <summary>
        /// Saves the List as a serialized XML
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="scores"></param>
        public void Save(List<SaveData> scores)
        {
            string fileName = Path.Combine(path, file);
            // Open the file, creating it if necessary
            FileStream stream = File.Open(fileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate);

            // Convert the object to XML data and put it in the stream
            XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(List<SaveData>));
            serializer.Serialize(stream, scores);

            // Close the file
            stream.Close();
        }//end save

    }//end class
}//end namespace