/// <summary>
/// Gets a collection of the media templates from the data store. The items may be returned from a cache.
/// Returns an empty collection if no items exist.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Returns a <see cref="IMediaTemplateCollection" /> representing the media templates in the current application.</returns>
public static IMediaTemplateCollection LoadMediaTemplates()
{
var tmpl = (IMediaTemplateCollection)HelperFunctions.GetCache(CacheItem.MediaTemplates);
if (tmpl != null)
{
return tmpl;
}
// Nothing in the cache, so get from data store and add to cache.
using (var repo = new MediaTemplateRepository())
{
tmpl = repo.GetMediaTemplates(new MediaTemplateCollection());
}
HelperFunctions.SetCache(CacheItem.MediaTemplates, tmpl);
return tmpl;
}
