{{{import "* as model" "model"}}};

// takes a JSON response and deserializes it into the required model objects / types
function deserialize(json, type) {

  // handle arrays
  if (type.endsWith("[]")) {
    const arrayType = type.substring(0, type.length - 2);
    return json.map((item) => deserialize(item, arrayType));
  }

  // handle model objects
  if (model.models.includes(type)) {
    const modelObject = new model[type]();
    const properties = model[type].propertyTypes;
    for (const property of properties) {
      if (json[property.name] !== undefined) {
        modelObject[property.name] = deserialize(json[property.name], property.type);
      }
    }
    return modelObject;
  } 

  // handle date types
  if (type === "Date") {
    return new Date(json);
  }

  // handle additional properties
  const match = type.match(/\{ \[name: string\]: (.*) \}/);
  if (match) {
    const typeName = match[1];
    const modelObject = {};
    for (const key in json) {
      modelObject[key] = deserialize(json[key], typeName);
    }
    return modelObject;
  }
  
  return json;
}

function serialize(item, type) {
  if (type.endsWith("[]")) {
    const arrayType = type.substring(0, type.length - 2);
    return item
      .map((item) => serialize(item, arrayType))
      .join(",");
  }
  return typeof item === "object" ? JSON.stringify(item) : item.toString();
}

{{{export false}}} {
  deserialize, serialize
};