From 7fc9d98ff31d11183834db9cc53aad01263f45b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dankmeme01 <42031238+dankmeme01@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:36:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH]  add parseAs

---
 include/matjson.hpp | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/matjson.hpp b/include/matjson.hpp
index fa15979..1e28968 100644
--- a/include/matjson.hpp
+++ b/include/matjson.hpp
@@ -143,6 +143,19 @@ namespace matjson {
         /// @return The parsed JSON value or an error
         static geode::Result<Value, ParseError> parse(std::string_view source);
 
+        /// Parses JSON from a string and tries to convert it to a given type
+        /// @param source The JSON string to parse
+        /// @return The parsed struct or an error
+        template <CanDeserialize T>
+        inline static geode::Result<T> parseAs(std::string_view source) {
+            auto parsed = Value::parse(source);
+            if (!parsed) {
+                return geode::Err(static_cast<std::string>(parsed.unwrapErr()));
+            }
+
+            return Serialize<T>::fromJson(parsed.unwrap());
+        }
+
         /// Parses JSON from an input stream
         /// @param source Stream to parse
         /// @return The parsed JSON value or an error
@@ -359,6 +372,15 @@ namespace matjson {
         return Value::parse(source);
     }
 
+    /// Parses JSON from a string and tries to convert it to a given type
+    /// @param source The JSON string to parse
+    /// @return The parsed struct or an error
+    /// @note Shorthand for Value::parse<T>
+    template <CanDeserialize T>
+    inline geode::Result<T> parseAs(std::string_view source) {
+        return Value::parseAs<T>(source);
+    }
+
     /// Parses JSON from an input stream
     /// @param source Stream to parse
     /// @return The parsed JSON value or an error