Redesigned the DiscordBotCore by splitting it into multiple projects. Created a WebUI and preparing to remove the DiscordBot application

DiscordBotCore.Utilities/JsonManager.cs

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+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace DiscordBotCore.Utilities;
+
+public static class JsonManager
+{
+
+    public static async Task<string> ConvertToJson<T>(List<T> data, string[] propertyNamesToUse)
+    {
+        if (data == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(data));
+        if (propertyNamesToUse == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(propertyNamesToUse));
+
+        // Use reflection to filter properties dynamically
+        var filteredData = data.Select(item =>
+        {
+            if (item == null) return null;
+
+            var type          = typeof(T);
+            var propertyInfos = type.GetProperties(BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+            // Create a dictionary with specified properties and their values
+            var selectedProperties = propertyInfos
+                                     .Where(p => propertyNamesToUse.Contains(p.Name))
+                                     .ToDictionary(p => p.Name, p => p.GetValue(item));
+
+            return selectedProperties;
+        }).ToList();
+
+        // Serialize the filtered data to JSON
+        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            WriteIndented = true, // For pretty-print JSON; remove if not needed
+            DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull
+        };
+
+        return await Task.FromResult(JsonSerializer.Serialize(filteredData, options));
+    }
+    
+    public static async Task<string> ConvertToJsonString<T>(T Data)
+    {
+        var str = new MemoryStream();
+        await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(str, Data, typeof(T), new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            WriteIndented = false,
+        });
+        var result = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(str.ToArray());
+        await str.FlushAsync();
+        str.Close();
+        return result;
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Save to JSON file
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The class type</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="file">The file path</param>
+    /// <param name="Data">The values</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public static async Task SaveToJsonFile<T>(string file, T Data)
+    {
+        var str = new MemoryStream();
+        await JsonSerializer.SerializeAsync(str, Data, typeof(T), new JsonSerializerOptions
+            {
+                WriteIndented = true,
+        }
+        );
+        await File.WriteAllBytesAsync(file, str.ToArray());
+        await str.FlushAsync();
+        str.Close();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Convert json text or file to some kind of data
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The data type</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="input">The file or json text</param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    public static async Task<T> ConvertFromJson<T>(string input)
+    {
+        Stream text;
+        if (File.Exists(input))
+            text = new MemoryStream(await File.ReadAllBytesAsync(input));
+        else
+            text = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(input));
+
+        text.Position = 0;
+
+        JsonSerializerOptions options = new JsonSerializerOptions()
+        {
+            PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true
+        };
+
+        var obj = await JsonSerializer.DeserializeAsync<T>(text, options);
+        await text.FlushAsync();
+        text.Close();
+        
+        return (obj ?? default)!;
+    }
+}