//get all categories
public static CategoryTypeCollection GetAllCategories(ApiContext apiContext)
{
CategoriesDownloader downloader = new CategoriesDownloader(apiContext);
CategoryTypeCollection catsCol = downloader.GetAllCategories();
//cache the categories in hashtable
foreach(CategoryType cat in catsCol)
{
catsTable.Add(cat.CategoryID, cat);
}
return catsCol;
}
//get all categories table
public Hashtable GetAllCategoriesTable()
{
if (!siteCategoriesTable.ContainsKey(apiContext.Site))
{
Hashtable catsTable = new Hashtable(TABLE_SIZE);
CategoriesDownloader downloader = new CategoriesDownloader(apiContext);
CategoryTypeCollection catsCol = downloader.GetAllCategories();
foreach (CategoryType cat in catsCol)
{
catsTable.Add(cat.CategoryID, cat);
}
siteCategoriesTable.Add(apiContext.Site, catsTable);
return catsTable;
}
else
{
return siteCategoriesTable[apiContext.Site] as Hashtable;
}
}