private readonly object balanceLock = new object(); //object used as a lock for Threading.
/*
* SaveImageCache method is used to Save the List into Json format and then save it in a json file.
*/
public void SaveImageCache()
{
JSONImageList jsonList = new JSONImageList();
jsonList.JSONImages = jsonimageslist;
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(jsonList); //Serialize the object
string filename = @"..\...\..\ImageCache.json"; //Filename
File.WriteAllText(filename, json); //Write the json Text to the File and save it.
}
/*
* ReadImageCache is used to Read the ImageCache.json file.
* Fills the global variable jsonimageslist with the contents from the json file.
*/
public void ReadImageCache()
{
try{
string json = File.ReadAllText(@"..\...\..\ImageCache.json"); //try read file.
JSONImageList jsonimageList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject <JSONImageList>(json); //DeserializeObject
jsonimageslist = (List <JSONImage>)jsonimageList.JSONImages; //Fill jsonimageslist
} catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(" Exception Caught. Cache does not exist."); //File Could not be read, does not exist.
}
}
