working on configuration class model

Pilz.Configuration/SimpleConfiguration.vb

@@ -1,19 +1,99 @@
 Imports System.IO
+Imports Newtonsoft.Json
+Imports Pilz.Configuration
+Imports Pilz.GeneralEventArgs
 
 Public Class SimpleConfiguration
 
+    <JsonIgnore>
+    Public ReadOnly Managers As New ConfigurationManagerList
 
+    Public Sub New()
+        AddHandler Managers.GettingParentManager, AddressOf Managers_GettingParentManager
+    End Sub
 
+    Private Sub Managers_GettingParentManager(sender As Object, e As GetValueEventArgs(Of SimpleConfiguration))
+        If sender Is Managers Then
+            e.Value = Me
+        End If
+    End Sub
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Writes this instance to a string and return it.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <returns>The content of the configuration instance as string.</returns>
     Public Function WriteToString() As String
         Return ConfigurationSerializer.WriteToString(Me)
     End Function
 
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Write this instance to a given stream.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <param name="stream">The stream where the content should be written to.</param>
     Public Sub WriteToStream(stream As Stream)
         ConfigurationSerializer.WriteToStream(Me, stream)
     End Sub
 
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Writes this instance to the given filePath as text file.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <param name="filePath">The file path where the content should be written to. The file will be created or overwritten.</param>
     Public Sub WriteToFile(filePath As String)
         ConfigurationSerializer.WriteToFile(Me, filePath)
     End Sub
 
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Reads a configuratin from the given string and returns an instance of it.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <typeparam name="T">The type of the configuration class to instance.</typeparam>
+    ''' <param name="content">The content of the configuration as string.</param>
+    ''' <returns></returns>
+    Public Shared Function ReadFromString(Of T As SimpleConfiguration)(content As String) As T
+        Return ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromString(Of T)(content)
+    End Function
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Read a configuration from the given string and put them to this instance.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <param name="content">The content of the configuration as string.</param>
+    Public Sub ReadFromString(content As String)
+        ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromString(Me, content)
+    End Sub
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Reads a configuratin from the given string and returns an instance of it.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <typeparam name="T">The type of the configuration class to instance.</typeparam>
+    ''' <param name="stream">The stream with the content of the configuration.</param>
+    ''' <returns></returns>
+    Public Shared Function ReadFromStream(Of T As SimpleConfiguration)(stream As Stream) As T
+        Return ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromStream(Of T)(stream)
+    End Function
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Read a configuration from the given string and put them to this instance.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <param name="stream">The stream with the content of the configuration.</param>
+    Public Sub ReadFromStream(stream As Stream)
+        ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromStream(Me, stream)
+    End Sub
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Reads a configuratin from the given string and returns an instance of it.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <typeparam name="T">The type of the configuration class to instance.</typeparam>
+    ''' <param name="filePath">The path to the file with the content of the configuration.</param>
+    ''' <returns></returns>
+    Public Shared Function ReadFromFile(Of T As SimpleConfiguration)(filePath As String) As T
+        Return ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromFile(Of T)(filePath)
+    End Function
+
+    ''' <summary>
+    ''' Read a configuration from the given string and put them to this instance.
+    ''' </summary>
+    ''' <param name="filePath">The path to the file with the content of the configuration.</param>
+    Public Sub ReadFromFile(filePath As String)
+        ConfigurationSerializer.ReadFromFile(Me, filePath)
+    End Sub
+
 End Class