server/util/ServerGlobalBizSettings.cs

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+using System.Linq;
+using Sockeye.Models;
+
+namespace Sockeye.Util
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Contains static mirror copy in memory of global settings values that are set from DB during boot 
+    /// and accessible to Biz admin user (equivalent of v7's global object)
+    /// used by many areas of the biz logic and processing too often to fetch on every request
+    /// set at boot and on any update to the db global biz settings record
+    /// </summary>
+    internal static class ServerGlobalBizSettings
+    {
+        internal static GlobalBizSettings Cache { get; set; }
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Populate and / or create the settings
+        /// </summary>     
+        internal static void Initialize(GlobalBizSettings global, AyContext ct)
+        {
+            if (global == null)
+            {             
+
+
+                //fetch or create as not provided (meaning this was called from Startup.cs)
+                global = ct.GlobalBizSettings.FirstOrDefault(z => z.Id == 1);
+                if (global == null)
+                {
+                    global = new GlobalBizSettings();
+                    ct.GlobalBizSettings.Add(global);
+                    ct.SaveChanges();
+                }
+            }
+            Cache = global;
+        }
+    }//eoc
+}//eons