go-taskrem/config.go

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"os"
)

//TODO: Create:
// * LoadConfig
// * CreateSampleConfig

type Config struct {
	Tasks []Task
}

// LoadConfig will take in the filename, load the JSON and return a pointer to Config, a slice of Tasks
func LoadConfig(filename string) (*Config, error) {
	file, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err //nil is used here as we return a pointer to Config
	}

	config := &Config{}
	err = json.Unmarshal(file, &config)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	return config, nil
}

/*
func CreateSampleConfig() (*Config, error) {
	return
}
*/