//
//  Serializable.swift
//  PSCB-OOS-iOS
//
//  Created by OA on 16.10.2020.
//

import Foundation

// MARK: - Serializable

public protocol Serializable {
    
    /// Serializes current object to generic JSON-Like dictionary
    func serializeToJSON() -> JSONDict
    
}

// MARK: - Extension

public extension Serializable {
    
    /// Serializes current object to data
    func serializeToData() throws -> Data {
//        let encoder = JSONEncoder()
//        let data = try encoder.encode(self.serializeToJSON())
//        
//        return data
        return try JSONSerialization.data(
            withJSONObject: self.serializeToJSON(),
            options: []
        )
    }
    
    /// Serialzes to JSON-String
    func serializeToString() throws -> String {
        let data = try self.serializeToData()
        return String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!
    }
    
    /// Used for checking purposes if this object can be serialized without exception
    func assumeSerializes() throws {
        try serializeToString()
    }
    
}

// MARK: - JSONDict

public typealias JSONDict = [AnyHashable: AnyHashable]

//extension JSONDict {
//
//    public mutating func add<T: RawRepresentable>(key: T, nullable value: JSONDict.Value?) where T.RawValue == JSONDict.Key {
//        if let value = value {
//            self.updateValue(value, forKey: key.rawValue)
//        }
//    }
//
//}