/// <summary>
/// Performs a request to the TVDB API and returns the resultant object.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type of the object to return.</typeparam>
/// <param name="url">API sub-URL to use for the request.</param>
/// <param name="cacheKey">Key to use for cache storage of this request.</param>
/// <param name="ignoreCurrentCache">Ignores existing cache entries for this request.</param>
/// <param name="ignorePersistentCache">Does not add this request to the persistent cache.</param>
/// <returns>Object returned for the API request.</returns>
public T PerformApiRequestAndDeserialize <T>(string url, string cacheKey, bool ignoreCurrentCache = false, bool ignorePersistentCache = false)
{
Debug.WriteLine("-> TvdbApiRequest::PerformApiRequestAndDeserialize url=\"" + url + "\" cacheKey=\"" + cacheKey +
"\" ignoreCurrentCache=\"" + ignoreCurrentCache + "\" ignorePersistentCache=\"" + ignorePersistentCache + "\" Called");
try
{
// Retreive previous api request from the cache
if (CacheProvider.ContainsKey(cacheKey))
{
return((T)CacheProvider[cacheKey]);
}
// Perform api request and deserialize
var stream = PerformApiRequest(url);
var ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
var deserialized = (T)ser.Deserialize(stream);
// Add to cache if cache is enabled
if (CacheProvider.CacheType != TvdbCacheType.None)
{
CacheProvider.Add(cacheKey, deserialized, ignorePersistentCache);
}
return(deserialized);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Debug.WriteLine("!> TvdbApiRequest::PerformApiRequestAndDeserialize threw an exception: " + e);
return(default(T)); // request probably failed so return null for safe abort
}
}