From 96fc6787a54ced121068dc9a2afc2c04747358fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Cameron <chris.cameron@wedoresi.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 12:01:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Util method for casting a JSON token to a known type

---
 ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++
 ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs           | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs
index fe77594..49c5b3d 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils.Tests/Json/JsonUtilsTest.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using ICD.Common.Utils.IO;
 using ICD.Common.Utils.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 
 namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Tests.Json
@@ -140,6 +141,32 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Tests.Json
 			Assert.AreEqual("test message", messageName);
 		}
 
+		[Test]
+		public void DeserializeTypeTest()
+		{
+			const string json = "{\"test\":10}";
+
+			JObject root = JObject.Parse(json);
+			JToken token = root["test"];
+
+			int value = (int)JsonUtils.Deserialize(typeof(int), token);
+
+			Assert.AreEqual(10, value);
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void DeserializeTestSerializerTest()
+		{
+			const string json = "{\"test\":10}";
+
+			JObject root = JObject.Parse(json);
+			JToken token = root["test"];
+
+			int value = (int)JsonUtils.Deserialize(typeof(int), token, new JsonSerializer());
+
+			Assert.AreEqual(10, value);
+		}
+
 		public sealed class TestSerializable
 		{
 			private const string PROPERTY_NAME = "Test";
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
index 2b17b57..2e0a46b 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs
@@ -260,5 +260,29 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Json
 			                   },
 			                   json);
 		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Deserializes the given token based on the known type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="type"></param>
+		/// <param name="token"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static object Deserialize(Type type, JToken token)
+		{
+			return Deserialize(type, token, new JsonSerializer());
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Deserializes the given token based on the known type.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="type"></param>
+		/// <param name="token"></param>
+		/// <param name="serializer"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static object Deserialize(Type type, JToken token, JsonSerializer serializer)
+		{
+			using (JTokenReader jsonReader = new JTokenReader(token))
+				return serializer.Deserialize(jsonReader, type);
+		}
 	}
 }