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source/Xeno.ToolsHub.Tests/Xeno.ToolsHub.Tests.csproj

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>..\..\output\tests\</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>

source/Xeno.ToolsHub/Config/Helpers.cs

@@ -97,6 +97,26 @@ public static string FileSerialize(object o, string fileName = null, bool indent
       return data;
     }
 
+    /// <summary>Convert JSON to object.</summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">Type of object to deserialize.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="json">JSON string.</param>
+    /// <returns>Converted object.</returns>
+    public static object ToObject<T>(string json)
+    {
+      return Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Convert object to JSON.</summary>
+    /// <param name="obj">object to serialize.</param>
+    /// <returns>JSON text.</returns>
+    public static string ToJson(object obj, bool format = false)
+    {
+      string json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(
+        obj,
+        format ? Formatting.Indented : Formatting.None);
+      return json;
+    }
+
     /// <summary>Generate a new GUID</summary>
     /// <returns>GUID/UUID string</returns>
     public static string GenerateGuid()