//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="JsonHelper.cs" company="Microsoft">
//     Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace DotNetOpenAuth.AspNet.Clients {
	using System;
	using System.IO;
	using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;

	/// <summary>
	/// The json helper.
	/// </summary>
	internal static class JsonHelper {
		#region Public Methods and Operators

		/// <summary>
		/// The deserialize.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="stream">
		/// The stream.
		/// </param>
		/// <typeparam name="T">The type of the value to deserialize.</typeparam>
		/// <returns>
		/// The deserialized value.
		/// </returns>
		public static T Deserialize<T>(Stream stream) where T : class {
			Requires.NotNull(stream, "stream");

			var serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
			return (T)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
		}

		#endregion
	}
}