ASP.NET initialization of array - asp.net

Question

I have website with array (list) of 1000 objects, these objects are loading from json to array every website refresh. I would like to load these objects from json to array only once and keep it in RAM for others users. Because everytime read file is much slower than read it from RAM.
I am using ASP.NET Web Forms
How is it posssible?

Answer 1

I would recommend to define the array as an static member of a class and then initialize it with help of Global.asax, use the Application_Start event handler.
to add Global.asax to you project in Visual Studio:
File -> New -> File -> Global Application Class
Here is a sample C# code for Global.asax.cs:
public class Global : HttpApplication
{
protected void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// ... Your initialization of the array done here ...
}
protected void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
}

Answer 2

Are these values static, i.e., do they stay constant while your application is running? In that case, the easiest way is to cache those values.
You can use static variables for that, but the recommended way is to use the thread-safe Cache object provided by ASP.NET. It can be accessed with the Cache property of the Page or of the HttpContext.
Example:
var myList = (MyListType)Cache["MyList"];
if (myList == null)
{
myList = ...; // Load the list
Cache["MyList"] = myList; // Store it, so we don't need to load it again next time.
}
Further reading:
Caching Application Data