diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbcce53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Tests.Json
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+    public sealed class JsonUtilsTest
+    {
+		[Test]
+		public void CacheTypeTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void ParseDateTimeTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void TryParseDateTimeTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void PrintTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void SerializeTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void DeserializeTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void SerializeMessageTest()
+		{
+			Assert.Inconclusive();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
index 8700c6c..4a3e57c 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using ICD.Common.Properties;
 using ICD.Common.Utils.Extensions;
+using ICD.Common.Utils.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Json
 		// 2016-02-26T19:24:59
 		private const string DATE_FORMAT = @"yyyy-MM-dd\THH:mm:ss";
 
+		private const string MESSAGE_NAME_PROPERTY = "m";
+		private const string MESSAGE_DATA_PROPERTY = "d"; 
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Forces Newtonsoft to cache the given type for faster subsequent usage.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -136,5 +140,71 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Json
 
 			IcdConsole.PrintLine(sb.ToString());
 		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Shorthand for serializing an instance to a json string.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="serializeMethod"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static string Serialize(Action<JsonWriter> serializeMethod)
+		{
+			if (serializeMethod == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("serializeMethod");
+
+			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+			using (JsonTextWriter writer = new JsonTextWriter(new IcdStringWriter(builder).WrappedStringWriter))
+				serializeMethod(writer);
+
+			return builder.ToString();
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Shorthand for deserializing a json string to the given type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
+		/// <param name="deserializeMethod"></param>
+		/// <param name="json"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static T Deserialize<T>(Func<JsonReader, T> deserializeMethod, string json)
+		{
+			if (deserializeMethod == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("deserializeMethod");
+
+			using (JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(new IcdStringReader(json).WrappedStringReader))
+				return deserializeMethod(reader);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Serializes to json, wrapping the object with a message property to differentiate between messages.
+		/// E.g.
+		/// { a = 1 }
+		/// Becomes
+		/// { m = "Test", d = { a = 1 } }
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="serializeMethod"></param>
+		/// <param name="messageName"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static string SerializeMessage(Action<JsonWriter> serializeMethod, string messageName)
+		{
+			if (serializeMethod == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("serializeMethod");
+
+			return Serialize(w =>
+			                 {
+				                 w.WriteStartObject();
+				                 {
+									 w.WritePropertyName(MESSAGE_NAME_PROPERTY);
+									 w.WriteValue(messageName);
+
+									 w.WritePropertyName(MESSAGE_DATA_PROPERTY);
+					                 serializeMethod(w);
+				                 }
+				                 w.WriteEndObject();
+			                 });
+		}
 	}
 }