public S GetSettings <S>(bool refreshFromFile, bool validateAllSettingValuesSet) where S : Settings
{
string cacheId = typeof(S).Name;
S result;
if (_settingsCache.Exists(cacheId))
{
result = (S)_settingsCache[cacheId];
}
else
{
result = Activator.CreateInstance <S>();
_settingsCache.Add(cacheId, result);
}
if (refreshFromFile)
{
//The validateAllSettingValuesSet check is done when when reading the settings file.
result.RefreshFromFile(true, validateAllSettingValuesSet);
}
else if (validateAllSettingValuesSet)
{
foreach (PropertyInfo p in typeof(S).GetProperties())
{
object value = p.GetValue(result, null);
if (value == null)
{
throw new NullReferenceException(string.Format(
"{0} not set in {1}.",
p.Name,
result.FilePath));
}
}
}
return(result);
}