added json converter for encoding and bookmarks

src/LogExpert.Core/Classes/Persister/EncodingJsonConverter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using System.Text;
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace LogExpert.Core.Classes.Persister;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Custom JsonConverter for Encoding objects.
+/// Serializes the encoding as its name (e.g. "utf-8").
+/// </summary>
+public class EncodingJsonConverter : JsonConverter
+{
+    public override bool CanConvert (Type objectType)
+    {
+        return typeof(Encoding).IsAssignableFrom(objectType);
+    }
+
+    public override void WriteJson (JsonWriter writer, object? value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(writer);
+        if (value is not Encoding encoding)
+        {
+            writer.WriteNull();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        writer.WriteValue(encoding.WebName);
+    }
+
+    public override object? ReadJson (JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object? existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(reader);
+        if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        var encodingName = reader.Value?.ToString();
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(encodingName))
+        {
+            return Encoding.Default;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            return Encoding.GetEncoding(encodingName);
+        }
+        catch (ArgumentException)
+        {
+            return Encoding.Default;
+        }
+    }
+}

src/LogExpert.Core/Classes/Persister/PersistenceData.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 using LogExpert.Core.Classes.Filter;
 using LogExpert.Core.Entities;
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
 namespace LogExpert.Core.Classes.Persister;
 
 [Serializable]
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ public class PersistenceData
 
     public int CurrentLine { get; set; } = -1;
 
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(EncodingJsonConverter))]
     public Encoding Encoding { get; set; }
 
     public string FileName { get; set; }

src/LogExpert.Core/Classes/Persister/Persister.cs

@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ public static class Persister
 
     private static readonly Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
+    private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings _jsonSettings = new()
+    {
+        Converters =
+            {
+                new ColumnizerJsonConverter(),
+                new EncodingJsonConverter()
+            },
+        Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+        //This is needed for the BookmarkList and the Bookmark Overlay
+        ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize,
+        PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects,
+    };
+
     #endregion
 
     #region Public methods
@@ -217,24 +230,16 @@ private static string BuildSessionFileNameFromPath (string logFileName)
     /// <param name="persistenceData">The data to be persisted. This cannot be null.</param>
     private static void Save (string fileName, PersistenceData persistenceData)
     {
-        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
-        {
-            Converters =
-            {
-                new ColumnizerJsonConverter()
-            },
-            Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
-        };
-
         try
         {
-            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(persistenceData, settings);
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(persistenceData, _jsonSettings);
             File.WriteAllText(fileName, json, Encoding.UTF8);
         }
-        catch (Exception ex)
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is JsonSerializationException or
+                                         UnauthorizedAccessException or
+                                         IOException)
         {
             _logger.Error(ex, $"Error saving persistence data to {fileName}");
-            throw;
         }
     }
 
@@ -257,17 +262,8 @@ private static PersistenceData LoadInternal (string fileName)
 
         try
         {
-            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
-            {
-                Converters =
-                {
-                    new ColumnizerJsonConverter()
-                },
-                Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
-            };
-
             var json = File.ReadAllText(fileName, Encoding.UTF8);
-            var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<PersistenceData>(json, settings);
+            var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<PersistenceData>(json, _jsonSettings);
             // Call Init on all FilterParams if needed
             if (data?.FilterParamsList != null)
             {
@@ -287,7 +283,8 @@ private static PersistenceData LoadInternal (string fileName)
 
             return data;
         }
-        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is UnauthorizedAccessException or
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is JsonSerializationException or
+                                         UnauthorizedAccessException or
                                          IOException)
         {
             _logger.Error(ex, $"Error loading persistence data from {fileName}");

src/LogExpert.Core/Classes/Persister/ProjectData.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 namespace LogExpert.Core.Classes.Persister;
 
+[Serializable]
 public class ProjectData
 {
     #region Fields
 
-    public List<string> MemberList { get; set; } = [];
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the list of members.
+    /// </summary>
+    public List<string> FileNames { get; set; } = [];
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the XML representation of the tab layout configuration.
+    /// </summary>
     public string TabLayoutXml { get; set; }
 
     #endregion

src/LogExpert.Core/Classes/Persister/ProjectPersister.cs

@@ -1,67 +1,54 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Xml;
+using System.Text;
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+using NLog;
 
 namespace LogExpert.Core.Classes.Persister;
 
 public static class ProjectPersister
 {
+    private static readonly Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
+
     #region Public methods
 
-    public static ProjectData LoadProjectData(string projectFileName)
+    public static ProjectData LoadProjectData (string projectFileName)
     {
-        ProjectData projectData = new();
-        XmlDocument xmlDoc = new();
-        xmlDoc.Load(projectFileName);
-        var fileList = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("member");
-        foreach (XmlNode fileNode in fileList)
+        try
         {
-            var fileElement = fileNode as XmlElement;
-            var fileName = fileElement.GetAttribute("fileName");
-            projectData.MemberList.Add(fileName);
-        }
+            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
+            {
+                Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+            };
 
-        var layoutElements = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("layout");
-        if (layoutElements.Count > 0)
+            var json = File.ReadAllText(projectFileName, Encoding.UTF8);
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ProjectData>(json, settings);
+        }
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is UnauthorizedAccessException or
+                                 IOException)
         {
-            projectData.TabLayoutXml = layoutElements[0].InnerXml;
+            _logger.Error(ex, $"Error loading persistence data from {projectFileName}");
+            return new ProjectData();
         }
-
-        return projectData;
     }
 
-
-    public static void SaveProjectData(string projectFileName, ProjectData projectData)
+    public static void SaveProjectData (string projectFileName, ProjectData projectData)
     {
-        XmlDocument xmlDoc = new();
-        var rootElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("logexpert");
-        xmlDoc.AppendChild(rootElement);
-        var projectElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("project");
-        rootElement.AppendChild(projectElement);
-        var membersElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("members");
-        projectElement.AppendChild(membersElement);
-        SaveProjectMembers(xmlDoc, membersElement, projectData.MemberList);
+        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
+        {
+            Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+        };
 
-        if (projectData.TabLayoutXml != null)
+        try
         {
-            var layoutElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("layout");
-            layoutElement.InnerXml = projectData.TabLayoutXml;
-            rootElement.AppendChild(layoutElement);
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(projectData, settings);
+            File.WriteAllText(projectFileName, json, Encoding.UTF8);
         }
-
-        xmlDoc.Save(projectFileName);
-    }
-
-    #endregion
-
-    #region Private Methods
-
-    private static void SaveProjectMembers(XmlDocument xmlDoc, XmlNode membersNode, List<string> memberList)
-    {
-        foreach (var fileName in memberList)
+        catch (Exception ex) when (ex is JsonSerializationException or
+                                         UnauthorizedAccessException or
+                                         IOException)
         {
-            var memberElement = xmlDoc.CreateElement("member");
-            membersNode.AppendChild(memberElement);
-            memberElement.SetAttribute("fileName", fileName);
+            _logger.Error(ex, $"Error saving persistence data to {projectFileName}");
         }
     }
 

src/LogExpert.Core/Entities/Bookmark.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 using System.Drawing;
 
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
 namespace LogExpert.Core.Entities;
 
 [Serializable]
 public class Bookmark
 {
     #region cTor
 
+    [JsonConstructor]
+    public Bookmark () { }
+
     public Bookmark (int lineNum)
     {
         LineNum = lineNum;

src/LogExpert.UI/Controls/LogWindow/LogWindow.cs

@@ -4630,6 +4630,11 @@ private void CheckForFilterDirty ()
     [SupportedOSPlatform("windows")]
     private bool IsFilterSearchDirty (FilterParams filterParams)
     {
+        if (filterParams == null || filterParams.SearchText == null)
+        {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (!filterParams.SearchText.Equals(filterComboBox.Text, StringComparison.Ordinal))
         {
             return true;