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 * Copyright (c) 2018 Nathan Osman
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#ifndef LIBNITROSHARE_JSONUTIL_H
#define LIBNITROSHARE_JSONUTIL_H

#include <QJsonObject>
#include <QJsonValue>
#include <QObject>

#include <nitroshare/config.h>

/**
 * @brief JSON utility methods
 */
class NITROSHARE_EXPORT JsonUtil
{
public:

    /**
     * @brief Create a JSON object from the properties in an object
     * @param object pointer to QObject
     * @return JSON object with properties
     *
     * Note: all properties that are 64-bit integers will be converted to
     * strings to prevent data loss.
     */
    static QJsonObject objectToJson(QObject *object);

    /**
     * @brief Convert the provided JSON value to a byte array
     * @param value JSON value
     * @return byte array
     */
    static QByteArray jsonValueToByteArray(const QJsonValue &value);
};

#endif // LIBNITROSHARE_JSONUTIL_H
