using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace BITKit
{
    public class JsonHelper
    {
        public static bool IsJson(string json)
        {
            switch (json.Substring(0, 1))
            {
                case "{":
                case "[":
                case "\"":
                    return true;
                default:
                    return false;
            }
        }
        public static byte[] GetBytes(string json)
        {
            return StringHelper.GetBytes(json);
        }
        public static byte[] GetBytes<T>(T obj)
        {
            return GetBytes(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, Formatting.Indented));
        }
        public static T Get<T>(string json)
        {
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json);
        }
        public static string Get<T>(T obj)
        {
            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj,Formatting.Indented);
        }
        public static T Get<T>(byte[] buffer)
        {
            return Get<T>(StringHelper.GetString(buffer));
        }
        public static object Get(Type type, byte[] buffer)
        {
            var json = StringHelper.GetString(buffer);
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json, type);
        }
    }
}