MessagesObject.swift

import Foundation

class MessagesObject: ObservableObject {
    @Published var messages: [Message] = []
    
    init() {
        self.messages = loadJson("MessagesJson.json")!
    }
    
    func loadJson(_ filename: String) -> [Message]? {
        let data: Data
        guard let file = Bundle.main.url(forResource: filename, withExtension: nil)
            else {
                fatalError("Couldn't find \(filename).")
        }
        do {
            data = try Data(contentsOf: file)
        } catch {
            fatalError("Couldn't load \(filename).")
        }
        do {
            let decoder = JSONDecoder()
            return try decoder.decode([Message].self, from: data)
        } catch {
            fatalError("Couldn't parse \(filename) error: \(error)")
        }
    }
    

}