using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace DataModel.Helpers
{
    /// <summary>
    /// JSON serialization helpers
    /// </summary>
    public static class JsonHelpers
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Converts parameter to JSON
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="value">Value to serialize</param>
        /// <returns>Parameter value serialized in JSON format</returns>
        public static string ToJSON<T>(this T value)
        {
            return value == null ? 
                "{}" :
                JsonConvert.SerializeObject(value);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Parses value from JSON
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="json">JSON to parse</param>
        /// <returns>Parsed value</returns>
        public static T FromJSON<T>(string json)
        {
            T value = default;
            try
            {
                value = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json);
            }
            catch
            {
                //Do nothing
            }

            return value;
        }
    }
}