public static Settings Load()
{
//serializer
JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
//Allow nulls references to be saved
serializer.NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore;
//This allows all the DataTags and Enity references to remain their references after deserialization
serializer.PreserveReferencesHandling = PreserveReferencesHandling.Objects;
//This allow us to serialize and deserialize and array of abstract objects back into their original base types
serializer.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto;
//This makes it look nice
serializer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
//Circular reference handling
serializer.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize;
string filePath = GetSettingsFile();
Settings settings = null;
if (File.Exists(filePath))
{
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(filePath))
{
using (JsonReader reader = new JsonTextReader(sr))
{
settings = serializer.Deserialize(reader, typeof(Settings)) as Settings;
}
}
}
else
{
settings = new Settings();
settings.Save();
}
return settings;
}
public SettingsWindowViewModel()
{
this.settings = Settings.Load();
AuxiliaryApplications = new ObservableCollection<AuxiliaryApplicationViewModel>();
settings.AuxiliaryApplications.ForEach(x => AuxiliaryApplications.Add(new AuxiliaryApplicationViewModel(x)));
if (AuxiliaryApplications.Count > 0)
{
AuxiliaryApplications[0].IsExpanded = true;
}
}