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PlexRequests.Helpers/ByteConverterHelper.cs

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+#region Copyright
+// /************************************************************************
+//    Copyright (c) 2016 Jamie Rees
+//    File: ByteConverterHelper.cs
+//    Created By: Jamie Rees
+//   
+//    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+//    a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+//    "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+//    without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+//    distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+//    permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+//    the following conditions:
+//   
+//    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+//    included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//   
+//    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+//    EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+//    MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+//    NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+//    LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+//    OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+//    WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+//  ************************************************************************/
+#endregion
+using System.Text;
+
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace PlexRequests.Helpers
+{
+    public class ByteConverterHelper
+    {
+        public static byte[] ReturnBytes(object obj)
+        {
+            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
+            var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json);
+
+            return bytes;
+        }
+
+        public static T ReturnObject<T>(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            var json = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+            var model = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json);
+            return model;
+        }
+        public static string ReturnFromBytes(byte[] bytes)
+        {
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
+        }
+    }
+}

PlexRequests.Helpers/PlexRequests.Helpers.csproj

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   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="AssemblyHelper.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="ByteConverterHelper.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Exceptions\ApplicationSettingsException.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HtmlRemover.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ICacheProvider.cs" />