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+++ b/OrthancFramework/Sources/SerializationToolbox.h	Wed Jun 10 20:30:34 2020 +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) 2017-2020 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 "DicomFormat/DicomTag.h"
+#include "OrthancFramework.h"
+
+#include <json/value.h>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+
+namespace Orthanc
+{
+  class ORTHANC_PUBLIC SerializationToolbox
+  {
+  public:
+    static std::string ReadString(const Json::Value& value,
+                                  const std::string& field);
+
+    static int ReadInteger(const Json::Value& value,
+                           const std::string& field);
+
+    static int ReadInteger(const Json::Value& value,
+                           const std::string& field,
+                           int defaultValue);
+
+    static unsigned int ReadUnsignedInteger(const Json::Value& value,
+                                            const std::string& field);
+
+    static bool ReadBoolean(const Json::Value& value,
+                            const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadArrayOfStrings(std::vector<std::string>& target,
+                                   const Json::Value& value,
+                                   const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadListOfStrings(std::list<std::string>& target,
+                                  const Json::Value& value,
+                                  const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadSetOfStrings(std::set<std::string>& target,
+                                 const Json::Value& value,
+                                 const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadSetOfTags(std::set<DicomTag>& target,
+                              const Json::Value& value,
+                              const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadMapOfStrings(std::map<std::string, std::string>& values,
+                                 const Json::Value& target,
+                                 const std::string& field);
+
+    static void ReadMapOfTags(std::map<DicomTag, std::string>& values,
+                              const Json::Value& target,
+                              const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteArrayOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                                    const std::vector<std::string>& values,
+                                    const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteListOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                                   const std::list<std::string>& values,
+                                   const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteSetOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                                  const std::set<std::string>& values,
+                                  const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteSetOfTags(Json::Value& target,
+                               const std::set<DicomTag>& tags,
+                               const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteMapOfStrings(Json::Value& target,
+                                  const std::map<std::string, std::string>& values,
+                                  const std::string& field);
+
+    static void WriteMapOfTags(Json::Value& target,
+                               const std::map<DicomTag, std::string>& values,
+                               const std::string& field);
+  };
+}