/// <summary>
/// Load the collection from a remote json file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="remoteUri">the url to the remote json file</param>
/// <returns>the loaded collection</returns>
public static async Task <PadoruCollection> FromRemoteJson(Uri remoteUri)
{
//download uri as string
using (WebClient web = new WebClient())
{
//download json string
string json = await web.DownloadStringTaskAsync(remoteUri);
//deserialize object
PadoruCollection padoru = FromJson(json);
//set collection source
padoru.LoadedFrom = remoteUri.ToString();
padoru.LoadedLocal = false;
//return loaded collection
return(padoru);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Load the collection from a json file
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filePath">the path to the json file</param>
/// <returns>the loaded collection</returns>
public static PadoruCollection FromFile(string filePath)
{
//read from file
using (StreamReader reader = File.OpenText(filePath))
{
//read serialized object
PadoruCollection collection = GetSerializer().Deserialize(reader, typeof(PadoruCollection)) as PadoruCollection;
//set collection load type
collection.LoadedFrom = filePath;
collection.LoadedLocal = true;
//set parent collection of all entries
foreach (PadoruEntry entry in collection.Entries)
{
entry.ParentCollection = collection;
}
//return the deserialized and initialized object
return(collection);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Load the collection from a json string
/// </summary>
/// <param name="json">the json string</param>
/// <returns>the loaded collection</returns>
public static PadoruCollection FromJson(string json)
{
//read from file
using (StringReader reader = new StringReader(json))
{
//read serialized object
PadoruCollection collection = GetSerializer().Deserialize(reader, typeof(PadoruCollection)) as PadoruCollection;
//set collection load type
collection.LoadedFrom = string.Empty;
collection.LoadedLocal = true;
//set parent collection of all entries
foreach (PadoruEntry entry in collection.Entries)
{
entry.ParentCollection = collection;
}
//return the deserialized and initialized object
return(collection);
}
}