Merge pull request #6 from AlexMacocian/alexmacocian/serialization-extensions

Serialize and Deserialize extensions

SystemExtensions.NetStandard/Extensions/ObjectExtensions.cs

@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
-namespace System.Extensions
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace System.Extensions
 {
     public static class ObjectExtensions
     {
+        public static T Deserialize<T>(this string serialized)
+            where T : class
+        {
+            if (serialized.IsNullOrWhiteSpace()) throw new ArgumentException("Provided serialized string cannot be null or whitespace", nameof(serialized));
+
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(serialized);
+        }
+
+        public static string Serialize<T>(this T obj)
+            where T : class
+        {
+            if (obj is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(obj));
+
+            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
+        }
+
         public static T Cast<T>(this object obj)
         {
             return (T)obj;

SystemExtensions.NetStandard/SystemExtensions.NetStandard.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>true</PackageRequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <RootNamespace>System</RootNamespace>
-    <Version>1.3.0</Version>
+    <Version>1.3.1</Version>
     <Authors>Alexandru Macocian</Authors>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/AlexMacocian/SystemExtensions</RepositoryUrl>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@
     </None>
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>