ShareX/ShareX.UploadersLib/HelperClasses/JSONHelper.cs

#region License Information (GPL v3)

/*
    ShareX - A program that allows you to take screenshots and share any file type
    Copyright (C) 2007-2014 ShareX Developers

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.

    Optionally you can also view the license at <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

#endregion License Information (GPL v3)

using ShareX.HelpersLib;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Text;

namespace ShareX.UploadersLib
{
    public static class JSONHelper
    {
        public static T JSONToObject<T>(string json)
        {
            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(json))
            {
                try
                {
                    DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
                    using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json)))
                    {
                        return (T)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    DebugHelper.WriteException(e);
                }
            }

            return default(T);
        }

        public static string ObjectToJSON<T>(T obj)
        {
            if (obj != null)
            {
                try
                {
                    using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
                    {
                        DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
                        serializer.WriteObject(stream, obj);
                        return new StreamReader(stream, Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
                    }
                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    DebugHelper.WriteException(e);
                }
            }

            return null;
        }
    }
}