Incorrect json format results in error

[wayne987]

If i were to edit the json file and input a invalide diffculty code it results in the app not being able to run

To replicate, as shown in the picture -> change the difficulty to any invalid text

[nus-se-bot]

Team's Response

Hi thank you for your feedback! We have looked into the issue and solved the issue by adding the following code.

We decreased the severity as the average user will not access the data file and is unlikely to affect normal operations of the product. Given that you probably are an advance user, you should be able to know what you are doing, and the user can recover by reverting the change to the file and restarting the application!

Currently all other inputs are checked for validity. Furthermore in a situation of data corruption in the data file, the chances of just the difficulty input being corrupted is extremely low. Hence it appears only in very rare situations.

Items for the Tester to Verify

❓ Issue severity

Team chose [severity.Low]
Originally [severity.High]

• I disagree

Reason for disagreement:

maybe change to medium? cos the application is still expected to fail gracefully ie not crash

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