Make object from JsonUtility.FromJson available

Through JsonUtility.FromJson, I get an instance of an (serialized) class. But no matter what I try, I can't access the instance from anywhere else than Awake().

Code (CSharp):

1. void Awake(){
2.         TextAsset targetFile = Resources.Load<TextAsset> ("Transactions") as TextAsset;
3.         TransactionCollection data = JsonUtility.FromJson<TransactionCollection> (targetFile.text);
4. }

So "data" is only available in Awake(), even though I declared "public TransactionCollection data" in the beginning of the script...

 

What is the value of data and targetFile if you do that ?

Code (CSharp):

1. public  TransactionCollection data;
2.  
3. public void Awake(){
4.         TextAsset targetFile = Resources.Load<TextAsset> ("Transactions") as TextAsset;
5.          if(targetFile == null)
6.               Console.WriteLine("target file is null");
7.         data = JsonUtility.FromJson<TransactionCollection> (targetFile.text);
8. }
9.  
10. public void Update()
11. {
12. if(data == null)
13.     Console.WriteLine("data is null");
14. }

 

You are re-declaring data variable in Awake, this is overriding the class property by creating a new variable in the current scope. Remove the word TransactionCollection from Awake (that is exactly what CrymX is doing in his post).

 

Thank you both so much, it now works!
I guess I should do some reading on C# to understand it all a bit better...

 

Learn about variable scope and this issue will never haunt you again. Except when you start using closures...