metro serialize

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Windows.Storage;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using Windows.Storage.Streams;


namespace SerializeListWinRT.DataModel
{
    class LocalStorage
    {   
        [KnownType(typeof(SerializeListWinRT.Cat))]
        [DataContractAttribute]
        public class Cat
        {
            [DataMember()]
            public String Name { get; set; }
        }


    static private Dictionary<string, object> _data = new Dictionary<string, object>();
    private const string filename = "ngt.xml";

    static public Dictionary<string, object> Data
    {
        get { return _data; }

    }

    static public T GetItem<T>(string key)
    {
        T result = default(T);

        if (_data.ContainsKey(key))
        {
            result = (T)_data[key];
        }

        return result;
    }

    static public bool ContainsItem(string key)
    {
        return _data.ContainsKey(key);
    }

    static async public Task Save<T>()
    {
        await Windows.System.Threading.ThreadPool.RunAsync((sender) =>
        {
            LocalStorage.SaveAsync<T>().Wait();
        }, Windows.System.Threading.WorkItemPriority.Normal);
    }

    static async public Task Restore<T>()
    {
        await Windows.System.Threading.ThreadPool.RunAsync((sender) =>
        {
            LocalStorage.RestoreAsync<T>().Wait();
        }, Windows.System.Threading.WorkItemPriority.Normal);
    }

    static async private Task SaveAsync<T>()
    {
        _data.Add("cat", new Cat { Name = "Myname is" });
        _data.Add("dog", new Cat { Name = "Myname is" });

        StorageFile sessionFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(filename, CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
        IRandomAccessStream sessionRandomAccess = await sessionFile.OpenAsync(FileAccessMode.ReadWrite);
        IOutputStream sessionOutputStream = sessionRandomAccess.GetOutputStreamAt(0);
        DataContractSerializer sessionSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Dictionary<string, object>), new Type[] { typeof(T) });
        sessionSerializer.WriteObject(sessionOutputStream.AsStreamForWrite(), _data);
        await sessionOutputStream.FlushAsync();
    }

    static async private Task RestoreAsync<T>()
    {
        StorageFile sessionFile = await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(filename, CreationCollisionOption.OpenIfExists);
        if (sessionFile == null)
        {
            return;
        }
        IInputStream sessionInputStream = await sessionFile.OpenReadAsync();
        DataContractSerializer sessionSerializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Dictionary<string, object>), new Type[] { typeof(T) });
        _data = (Dictionary<string, object>)sessionSerializer.ReadObject(sessionInputStream.AsStreamForRead());
    }
}