/* LICENSE NOTICE
	Copyright (c) 2008, Frederick Emmott <mail@fredemmott.co.uk>

	Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
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	MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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	WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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	OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*/
#ifndef _JSONQT_JSON_TO_PROPERTIES_H
#define _JSONQT_JSON_TO_PROPERTIES_H

#include "ParseException.h"
#include "JsonQtExport.h"

#include <QObject>
#include <QString>

namespace JsonQt
{
	/** Class for setting the properties of a QObject from a JSON string.
	 * Note that this only pays attention to basic types in the top level
	 * object in the JSON.
	 *
	 * @author Fred Emmott <mail@fredemmott.co.uk>
	 */
	class JSONQT_EXPORT JsonToProperties
	{
		public:
			/** Main parsing function.
			 *
			 * @param json is a string containing JSON text.
			 * @param object is an object with properties to be
			 * 	filled from JSON.
			 * @throws ParseException if the string provided is not
			 * 	valid JSON (or at least this parser thinks it
			 * 	isn't ;) )
			 */
			static void parse(const QString& json, QObject* object)
				throw(ParseException);
		private:
			JsonToProperties();
	};
}

#endif
