From 2e0837f5c8418fcd8ebe5f4667377f6076e204d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Cameron <chris.cameron@wedoresi.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:58:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Extension methods for reading current JSON token to the
 given type

---
 ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonExtensions.cs | 32 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonExtensions.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonExtensions.cs
index 5bffe77..38bfa59 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonExtensions.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,38 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Extensions
 			jObject.WriteTo(extends, converter);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reads the current token in the reader and deserializes to the given type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static T ReadAsObject<T>(this JsonReader extends)
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			JsonSerializer serializer = new JsonSerializer();
+			return extends.ReadAsObject<T>(serializer);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reads the current token in the reader and deserializes to the given type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static T ReadAsObject<T>(this JsonReader extends, JsonSerializer serializer)
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			if (serializer == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("serializer");
+
+			return serializer.Deserialize<T>(extends);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Writes the type value.
 		/// </summary>