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+++ b/Core/SerializationToolbox.h	Tue Jun 05 18:25:23 2018 +0200
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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ * Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Osimis S.A., Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <json/value.h>
+#include <list>
+#include <set>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  namespace SerializationToolbox
+  {
+    std::string ReadString(const Json::Value& value,
+                           const std::string& field);
+
+    int ReadInteger(const Json::Value& value,
+                    const std::string& field);
+
+    unsigned int ReadUnsignedInteger(const Json::Value& value,
+                                     const std::string& field);
+
+    bool ReadBoolean(const Json::Value& value,
+                     const std::string& field);
+
+    void ReadArrayOfStrings(std::vector<std::string>& target,
+                            const Json::Value& value,
+                            const std::string& field);
+
+    void ReadListOfStrings(std::list<std::string>& target,
+                           const Json::Value& value,
+                           const std::string& field);
+
+    void ReadSetOfStrings(std::set<std::string>& target,
+                          const Json::Value& value,
+                          const std::string& field);
+
+    void WriteArrayOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                             const std::vector<std::string>& values,
+                             const std::string& field);
+
+    void WriteSetOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                           const std::set<std::string>& values,
+                           const std::string& field);
+  }
+}