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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * SDC
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.sdc.be.dao.utils;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ * @author Evgenia Alberstein
+ * 
+ *         Utility class for convertation to/from JSON string
+ */
+public class DaoUtils {
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert from Object to Json string
+	 * 
+	 * @param object
+	 * @return json string
+	 */
+	public static String convertToJson(Object object) {
+		if (object == null) {
+			throw new RuntimeException("The object cannot be NULL!!!");
+		}
+		Gson gson = new Gson(); // Or use new GsonBuilder().create();
+		return gson.toJson(object); // serializes target to Json
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Convert from Json string to object
+	 * 
+	 * @param clazz
+	 * @param json
+	 * @return object
+	 */
+	public static <T> T convertFromJson(Class<T> clazz, String json) {
+		Gson gson = new Gson(); // Or use new GsonBuilder().create();
+		return gson.fromJson(json, clazz); // deserializes json into target2
+	}
+
+}