Templates

SzCore/SzParser.cs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class SzParser
         }
         catch (JsonException e)
         {
-            throw new Exception("Parse Error: " + e.Message);
+            throw new Exception("Dataset Serialization Error: " + e.Message);
         }
     }
 
@@ -34,5 +34,33 @@ public class SzParser
             return null;
         }
     }
+
+    public string SerializeTemplateToJson(ISzTemplate template)
+    {
+        try 
+        {
+            var templateType = template.GetType();
+            var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(template, templateType, _jsonOptions);
+            return jsonString;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            throw new Exception("Template Serialization Error: " + e.Message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public T? DeserializeTemplate<T>(string jsonString)
+    {
+        try 
+        {
+            var result = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(jsonString, _jsonOptions);
+            return result;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            SZ.Logger.LogError($"Could not deserialize JSON to type {typeof(T)}: " + e.Message);
+            return default;
+        }
+    }
 }