Azavea.NijPredictivePolicing.ACSAlchemist.ImportJob.SaveJobFile C# (CSharp) Method

        public void SaveJobFile(string filename)
        {
            var thisType = typeof(ImportJob);
            string nl = Environment.NewLine;

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(2048);
            sb.Append("#").Append(nl);
            sb.Append("#  ACS Alchemist save file").Append(nl);
            sb.AppendFormat("#  Generated automatically at {0} - {1}",
                DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString(),
                DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()
                ).Append(nl);
            sb.Append(nl).Append(nl);
            HashSet<string> distinctProps = new HashSet<string>();

            for (int p = 0; p < Arguments.Length; p++)
            {
                var arg = Arguments[p];

                if (!arg.Display)
                {
                    //these generally are aliases, and don't have descriptions, skip them before we check unique props
                    continue;
                }

                if (!distinctProps.Add(arg.PropertyName))
                {
                    //already added, some command line params refer to the same properties,
                    //just keep the first one we find, not both, that's confusing to the user.
                    continue;
                }

                var prop = thisType.GetProperty(arg.PropertyName);
                object val = prop.GetValue(this, null);
                if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(AcsState))
                    val = (int)val;

                if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(string))
                {
                    string valStr = val as string;

                    //skip it before it set it to empty so we can write it prettily
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(valStr))
                        continue;

                    if (valStr == "true")
                        val = string.Empty;

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(valStr) && (valStr.Contains(' ')))
                    {
                        val = "\"" + val + "\"";
                    }
                }
                else if (prop.PropertyType == typeof(AcsState))
                {
                    val = ((AcsState)val).ToString();
                }

                if (arg.PropertyName == "SummaryLevel")
                {
                    val = val + "       #" + Utilities.GetAs<BoundaryLevels>(val, BoundaryLevels.census_blockgroups);
                }

                sb.Append("# ").Append(arg.Description).Append(nl);
                sb.Append("-" + arg.Flag).Append(" ").Append(val).Append(nl);
                sb.Append(nl);
            }

            File.WriteAllText(filename, sb.ToString());
        }