Update Invoice File Handling

Server/Data/InvoiceData.cs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace Server.Data
     {
         #region Private Properties
 
-        private static string DirectoryName => "invoices";
+        private static string DirectoryName => "Invoices";
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -19,11 +19,10 @@ namespace Server.Data
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="invoiceId">The ID of the invoice to be deleted.</param>
         /// <return>A task representing the asynchronous delete operation.</return>
-        public static Task DeleteAsync(string invoiceId)
+        public static async Task DeleteAsync(string invoiceId)
         {
-            var fileName = BuildFileName(invoiceId);
+            var fileName = await BuildFileName(invoiceId);
             if (File.Exists(fileName)) File.Delete(fileName);
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
         #endregion
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Server.Data
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="invoiceId">The ID of the invoice to check for existence.</param>
         /// <returns>A task representing the asynchronous check operation, with a boolean result indicating whether the file exists.</returns>
-        public static Task<bool> ExistsAsync(string invoiceId) => Task.FromResult(File.Exists(BuildFileName(invoiceId)));
+        public static async Task<bool> ExistsAsync(string invoiceId) => File.Exists(await BuildFileName(invoiceId));
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ namespace Server.Data
         {
             var invoices = new List<InvoiceModel>();
 
-            var invoiceFiles = Directory.GetFiles(DirectoryName, "Invoice_*.json");
+            var invoiceFiles = Directory.GetFiles(await GetDirectoryAsync(), "Invoice_*.json");
             foreach (var file in invoiceFiles)
             {
                 var invoice = await LoadFileAsync(file);
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Server.Data
         /// <return>The deserialized <see cref="InvoiceModel" /> instance if the file exists; otherwise, null.</return>
         public static async Task<InvoiceModel?> LoadAsync(string invoiceId)
         {
-            var fileName = BuildFileName(invoiceId);
+            var fileName = await BuildFileName(invoiceId);
             return await LoadFileAsync(fileName);
         }
 
@@ -89,18 +88,19 @@ namespace Server.Data
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(invoice.InvoiceId))
                 invoice.InvoiceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
 
-            // Ensure directory exists
-            if (!Directory.Exists(DirectoryName)) Directory.CreateDirectory(DirectoryName);
-
             var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(invoice, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true, DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull });
-            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(BuildFileName(invoice.InvoiceId), jsonString);
+            await File.WriteAllTextAsync(await BuildFileName(invoice.InvoiceId), jsonString);
         }
 
         #endregion
         
         #region Private Method BuildFileName
 
-        private static string BuildFileName(string invoiceId) => $"{DirectoryName}/Invoice_{invoiceId}.json";
+        private static async Task<string> BuildFileName(string invoiceId)
+        {
+            var targetDirectory = await GetDirectoryAsync();
+            return Path.Combine(targetDirectory, $"Invoice_{invoiceId}.json");
+        }
 
         #endregion
 
@@ -114,5 +114,19 @@ namespace Server.Data
         }
 
         #endregion
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Ensures that the directory for storing invoices exists asynchronously.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <return>A task representing the asynchronous operation to ensure the directory exists.</return>
+        private static Task<string> GetDirectoryAsync()
+        {
+            var parentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
+            if (parentDirectory == null) return Task.FromResult(string.Empty);
+            var targetDirectory = Path.Combine(parentDirectory.FullName, DirectoryName);
+            
+            if(!Directory.Exists(targetDirectory)) Directory.CreateDirectory(targetDirectory);
+            return Task.FromResult(targetDirectory);
+        }
     }
 }

Server/Server.csproj

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
         <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
-        <PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>