Implemented JSON serialization

Added new iterator and const_iterator objects to UserList and also
implemented the serialization function to write to a JSON file

src/Project-Orion/serialization.cpp

@@ -5,31 +5,57 @@
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 
-UserList&& loadUserList(const QString &file)
+UserList loadUserList(const QString &file)
 {
     QFile doc{std::filesystem::path{file.toStdString()}};
+    doc.open(QFile::ReadOnly);
+
     QString fileContents = doc.readAll();
-    QJsonDocument document = QJsonDocument::fromJson(fileContents.toUtf8());
+
+    QJsonParseError errors;
+    QJsonDocument document =
+        QJsonDocument::fromJson(fileContents.toUtf8(),
+        &errors);
+
+    if (document.isNull())
+    {
+        qDebug() << errors.errorString();
+        throw std::runtime_error{"Could not parse JSON file"};
+    }
 
     QJsonArray array = document.array();
     QVector<User> container;
 
-    for (auto elem: array)
+    for (QJsonArray::const_iterator elem = array.constBegin(); elem != array.constEnd(); ++elem)
     {
-        auto obj = elem.toObject();
+        auto obj = elem->toObject();
-        User newUser{obj["name"].toString(), QDate::fromString(obj["date_of_birth"].toString()),
+        User newUser{obj[NAME_LABEL].toString(), QDate::fromString(obj[DATE_OF_BIRTH_LABEL].toString()),
-                     QDate::fromString(obj["date_of_death"].toString()), obj["default"].toBool()};
+                     QDate::fromString(obj[DATE_OF_DEATH_LABEL].toString()), obj[DEFAULT_LABEL].toBool()};
 
         container.append(newUser);
     }
 
-    UserList returnObj;
+    return container;
-    returnObj.setList(container);
-
-    return std::move(returnObj);
 }
 
-void saveUserList(const UserList &list)
+void saveUserList(const UserList &list, const QString &file)
 {
+    QFile doc{std::filesystem::path{file.toStdString()}};
+    doc.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
 
+    QJsonArray container;
+
+    for(auto &obj: list)
+    {
+        QJsonObject newObject;
+        newObject[NAME_LABEL] = obj.getName();
+        newObject[DATE_OF_BIRTH_LABEL] = obj.getDateOfBirth().toString();
+        newObject[DATE_OF_DEATH_LABEL] = obj.getDateOfDeath().toString();
+        newObject[DEFAULT_LABEL] = obj.getIsItDefault();
+
+        container.append(newObject);
+    }
+
+    QJsonDocument document{container};
+    doc.write(document.toJson());
 }

src/Project-Orion/serialization.h

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #ifndef SERIALIZATION_H
 #define SERIALIZATION_H
 
+#define NAME_LABEL "name"
+#define DATE_OF_BIRTH_LABEL "date_of_birth"
+#define DATE_OF_DEATH_LABEL "date_of_death"
+#define DEFAULT_LABEL "default"
+
 #include "userlist.h"
 
-UserList &&loadUserList(const QString &file);
+UserList loadUserList(const QString &file);
-void saveUserList(const UserList &list);
+void saveUserList(const UserList &list, const QString &file);
 
 #endif // SERIALIZATION_H

src/Project-Orion/user.cpp

@@ -3,3 +3,43 @@
 User::User(QString name, QDate dateOfBirth, QDate dateOfDeath, bool isItDefault)
     : name{name}, dateOfBirth{dateOfBirth}, dateOfDeath{dateOfDeath}, isItDefault{isItDefault}
 {}
+
+QString User::getName() const
+{
+    return name;
+}
+
+void User::setName(const QString &newName)
+{
+    name = newName;
+}
+
+QDate User::getDateOfBirth() const
+{
+    return dateOfBirth;
+}
+
+void User::setDateOfBirth(const QDate &newDateOfBirth)
+{
+    dateOfBirth = newDateOfBirth;
+}
+
+QDate User::getDateOfDeath() const
+{
+    return dateOfDeath;
+}
+
+void User::setDateOfDeath(const QDate &newDateOfDeath)
+{
+    dateOfDeath = newDateOfDeath;
+}
+
+bool User::getIsItDefault() const
+{
+    return isItDefault;
+}
+
+void User::setIsItDefault(bool newIsItDefault)
+{
+    isItDefault = newIsItDefault;
+}

src/Project-Orion/user.h

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ class User
 public:
     User(QString name, QDate dateOfBirth, QDate dateOfDeath, bool isItDefault = false);
 
+    QString getName() const;
+    void setName(const QString &newName);
+
+    QDate getDateOfBirth() const;
+    void setDateOfBirth(const QDate &newDateOfBirth);
+
+    QDate getDateOfDeath() const;
+    void setDateOfDeath(const QDate &newDateOfDeath);
+
+    bool getIsItDefault() const;
+    void setIsItDefault(bool newIsItDefault);
+
 private:
     QString name;
     QDate dateOfBirth;

src/Project-Orion/userlist.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "userlist.h"
 
-UserList::UserList() {}
+UserList::UserList(const QVector<User> &list):
+    list{list}
+{}
 
 QVector<User> UserList::getList() const
 {

src/Project-Orion/userlist.h

@@ -5,15 +5,76 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 
-class UserList: public QObject
+class UserList : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    UserList();
+    UserList(const QVector<User> &list);
 
     QVector<User> getList() const;
     void setList(const QVector<User> &newList);
 
+    struct iteratable
+    {
+        using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
+        using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+        using value_type = User;
+        using pointer = User *;   // or also value_type*
+        using reference = User&; // or also value_type&
+
+        iteratable(User *begin)
+            : ptr{begin}
+        {}
+
+        reference operator*() const { return *ptr; }
+        pointer operator->() { return ptr; }
+
+        // Prefix increment
+        iteratable& operator++() { ptr++; return *this; }
+
+        // Postfix increment
+        iteratable operator++(int) { iteratable tmp = *this; ++(*this); return tmp; }
+
+        friend bool operator== (const iteratable& a, const iteratable& b) { return a.ptr == b.ptr; };
+        friend bool operator!= (const iteratable& a, const iteratable& b) { return a.ptr != b.ptr; };
+
+    private:
+        User* ptr;
+    };
+    struct const_interatable
+    {
+        using iterator_category = std::forward_iterator_tag;
+        using difference_type = std::ptrdiff_t;
+        using value_type = const User;
+        using pointer = const User *;   // or also value_type*
+        using reference = const User&; // or also value_type&
+
+        const_interatable(const User *begin)
+            : ptr{begin}
+        {}
+
+        reference operator*() const { return *ptr; }
+        pointer operator->() { return ptr; }
+
+        // Prefix increment
+        const_interatable& operator++() { ptr++; return *this; }
+
+        // Postfix increment
+        const_interatable operator++(int) { const_interatable tmp = *this; ++(*this); return tmp; }
+
+        friend bool operator== (const const_interatable& a, const const_interatable& b) { return a.ptr == b.ptr; };
+        friend bool operator!= (const const_interatable& a, const const_interatable& b) { return a.ptr != b.ptr; };
+
+    private:
+        const User* ptr;
+    };
+
+    iteratable begin() { return &*list.begin(); }
+    iteratable end()   { return &*list.end(); }
+
+    const_interatable begin() const { return &*list.begin(); }
+    const_interatable end()   const { return &*list.end(); }
+
 private:
     QVector<User> list;
 };