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loadZoo function
loadZoo: function (uri) {
//IMPORTANT TO RETURN THE PROMISE
return Windows.Storage.StorageFile.getFileFromApplicationUriAsync(uri)
.then(function (file) {
return Windows.Storage.FileIO.readTextAsync(file)
.then(function (textFromFile) {
var myParsedJsonData = JSON.parse(textFromFile);
//this will store all the new animals transferred to zoo
var zoo = new Array();
if (myParsedJsonData) {
myParsedJsonData.forEach(function (newObject) {
var newAnimal = Zoo.Animal.buildAnimal(newObject);
zoo.push(newAnimal);
});
}
return zoo;
});
});
}
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