private static async Task initGroups(string gender)
{
Task<string> task = RestAPI.callAsync(Facet.facetUrl, getFilter(gender));
string json = await task;
try
{
JsonArray root = JsonValue.Parse(json).GetArray();
//TODO: this code should be async.
groups = new Dictionary<string, List<Facet>>();
for (uint i = 0; i < root.Count; i++)
{
JsonObject obj = root.GetObjectAt(i);
FacetGroup data = new FacetGroup();
data = data.read(obj) as FacetGroup;
if (data == null)
continue;
groups.Add(data.GroupName, data.Items);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//TODO: add logging
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
}
public override Data read(JsonObject obj)
{
FacetGroup facetGroup = new FacetGroup();
Facet facet = new Facet();
try
{
facetGroup.GroupName = obj.GetNamedString("filter");
JsonArray root = obj.GetNamedArray(arrayName);
facet.readList<Facet>(root, facetGroup.Items);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
//TODO: log exception
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(e.Message);
}
return facetGroup;
}