// Extensions.cs
// Created by johnmaloney on 2017/08/23
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

private static JsonSerializerSettings jsonSettings;
public static T DeserializeJson<T>(this string json) where T : class
{
    if (jsonSettings == null)
    {
        jsonSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
        jsonSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
        jsonSettings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto;
        jsonSettings.ConstructorHandling = ConstructorHandling.AllowNonPublicDefaultConstructor;
        jsonSettings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    }

    return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, jsonSettings);
}

/// <summary>
/// Convert a class object into a JSON object
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <param name="objectToSerialize"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static string SerializeToJson<T>(this T objectToSerialize) where T : class
{
    if (jsonSettings == null)
    {
        jsonSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
        jsonSettings.ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver();
        jsonSettings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto;
        jsonSettings.ConstructorHandling = ConstructorHandling.AllowNonPublicDefaultConstructor;
        jsonSettings.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
    }

    return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToSerialize, jsonSettings);
}

public static T CarbonCopy<T>(this T itemToCopy)
{
    using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
        formatter.Serialize(ms, itemToCopy);
        ms.Position = 0;
        return (T)formatter.Deserialize(ms);
    }
}