export class Serializable {

  public static createInstanceFromJson<T>(objType: { new(): T; }, json: any) {
    const newObj = new objType();
    const relationships = objType["relationships"] || {};

    for (const prop in json) {
      if (json.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
        if (newObj[prop] == null) {
          if (relationships[prop] == null) {
            newObj[prop] = json[prop];
          }
          else {

            if (json[prop] instanceof Array) {
              newObj[prop] = [];//init array
              for (let i = 0; i < json[prop].length; i++) {
                let val =  Serializable.createInstanceFromJson(relationships[prop], json[prop][i]);
                newObj[prop].push(val);
              }
            } else {
              newObj[prop] = Serializable.createInstanceFromJson(relationships[prop], json[prop]);
            }
          }
        }
        else {
          console.warn(`Property ${prop} not set because it already existed on the object.`);
        }
      }
    }

    return newObj;
  }


}