Example #1
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        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to read stored object from file system
        /// </summary>
        /// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
        /// <param name="fileName"></param>
        /// <returns>Object (or null if not exists)</returns>
        public static T GetItem <T>(string fileName, int?cacheDurationSeconds = null)
        {
            try
            {
                lock (padlock)
                {
                    int expirationSeconds = (cacheDurationSeconds != null) ? (int)cacheDurationSeconds : Config.ExpirationSeconds;

                    //will first check if blob is stale (expired), if not will download and turn
                    string res  = AzureBlob.DownloadBlob(fileName, expirationSeconds);
                    T      resp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <T>(res);

                    if (resp is T)
                    {
                        //we know that if we've arrive here, both mem and file cache are empty
                        //save resp in file cache (which will push into memory)
                        FileCache.AddItem(resp, fileName, cacheDurationSeconds);

                        return(resp);
                    }
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                throw ex;
            }

            return(default(T));
        }