Ability of creating a new settings without creating file until .Save() is called.

[laodc]

When initializing a new JsonSettings<MyClass> I currently don't want it to create the file, i.e. pass it a null

I want to be able to access all my attributes and set/get them accordingly and then just .Save( string ) when the time comes I actually want to save.

The reason being, if a user currently just uses the default filename, when I want to create a new one, it simply loads the default and starts populating the data. assigning a random filename is simply a weird option. and i don't want to through in a bunch of IF checks as an alternative either.

Am I possibly missing a method that would achieve what I want?

[Nucs]

Here is how the construction looks in JsonSettings.

        protected JsonSettings() {
            Modulation = new ModuleSocket(this);
            _childtype = GetType();
            if (!_childtype.HasDefaultConstructor())
                throw new JsonSettingsException($"Can't initiate a settings object with class that doesn't have empty public constructor.");
        }

        protected JsonSettings(string fileName) : this() { FileName = fileName; }

As you can see, simply constructing it does not invoke loading or saving but the constructors are protected. Now consider the following static method ofJsonSettings:

        /// <summary>
        ///     Constucts a settings object for further configuration.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="args">The arguments that will be passed into the constructor.</param>
        /// <returns>A freshly new object.</returns>
        public static T Construct<T>(params object[] args) where T : ISavable {
            JsonSettings o = (JsonSettings) (ISavable) Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(T), args);
            o.EnsureConfigured();
            return (T) (object) o;
        }

Which creates a new instance of JsonSettings without loading or saving. Therefore, the following code will create a new instance without any interaction of existing ones.

MySettingsClass my_new_empty_settings = JsonSettings.Construct<MySettingsClass>();

[laodc]

Ahh, I need to call .Construct I hadn't noticed that. Might be an idea to give an example showing this method.

[Nucs]

Added an example to readme.md (b38afeff0dd3ca8f80232763e1d66c4a12989107), cheers.