/// <summary>
/// Method that reads the .xml file to get the serialized <seealso cref="Models.HomeItem"/> and load it into the class attribute
/// </summary>
public void LoadHomePage()
{
if (File.Exists(HOME_PATH))
{
Stream stream = File.Open(HOME_PATH, FileMode.Open);
SoapFormatter formatter = new SoapFormatter();
try
{
CurrentHomePage = (Models.HomeItem)formatter.Deserialize(stream);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
CurrentHomePage = new Models.HomeItem(DEFAULT_HOME);
}
stream.Close();
}
else
{
Stream stream = File.Open(HOME_PATH, FileMode.Create);
stream.Close();
CurrentHomePage = new Models.HomeItem(DEFAULT_HOME);
}
if (this.CurrentHomePage == null)
{
throw new Exceptions.InvalidValuedVariableException("CurrentHomePage has not been correctly loaded.");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Method that given a URL address string, will change the <seealso cref="Controllers.HomePageController.CurrentHomePage"/> attribute
/// </summary>
/// <param name="address"></param>
public void ChangeHomePage(string address)
{
if (address == null)
{
throw new Exceptions.InvalidValuedVariableException("Address to add cannot be null.");
}
Models.HomeItem NewHomePage = new Models.HomeItem(address);
this.CurrentHomePage = NewHomePage;
this.SaveHomePage();
}
