Add option to Deserialize to target type w/o type parameter

Author: sommmen

PhpSerializerNET/PhpDeserializer.cs

@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ public object Deserialize() {
 			return this.DeserializeToken(this._token);
 		}
 
+		public object Deserialize(Type targetType) {
+			return this.DeserializeToken(targetType, this._token);
+		}
+
 		public T Deserialize<T>() {
-			Type targetType = typeof(T);
-			return (T)this.DeserializeToken(targetType, this._token);
+			return (T) this.Deserialize(typeof(T));
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>

PhpSerializerNET/PhpSerialization.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
   file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 **/
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace PhpSerializerNET {
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ public static class PhpSerialization {
 		/// </returns>
 		public static object Deserialize(string input, PhpDeserializationOptions options = null) {
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input)) {
-				throw new System.ArgumentException("PhpSerialization.Deserialize(): Parameter 'input' must not be null or empty.");
+				throw new ArgumentException("PhpSerialization.Deserialize(): Parameter 'input' must not be null or empty.");
 			}
 			return new PhpDeserializer(input, options).Deserialize();
 		}
@@ -56,11 +57,38 @@ public static T Deserialize<T>(
 			PhpDeserializationOptions options = null
 		) {
 			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input)) {
-				throw new System.ArgumentException("PhpSerialization.Deserialize(): Parameter 'input' must not be null or empty.");
+				throw new ArgumentException("PhpSerialization.Deserialize(): Parameter 'input' must not be null or empty.");
 			}
 			return new PhpDeserializer(input, options).Deserialize<T>();
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// The serialized data to deserialize.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="input">
+		/// Data in the PHP de/serialization format.
+		/// </param>
+		/// <param name="options">
+		/// Options for deserialization. See the  <see cref="PhpDeserializationOptions"/> class for more details.
+		/// </param>
+		/// <param name="type">
+		/// The desired output type.
+		/// This should be one of the primitives or a class with a public parameterless constructor.
+		/// </typeparam>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// The deserialized object.
+		/// </returns>
+		public static object Deserialize(
+			string input,
+			Type type,
+			PhpDeserializationOptions options = null
+		) {
+			if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input)) {
+				throw new ArgumentException("PhpSerialization.Deserialize(): Parameter 'input' must not be null or empty.");
+			}
+			return new PhpDeserializer(input, options).Deserialize(type);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Serialize an object into the PHP format.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -81,12 +109,14 @@ public static string Serialize(object input, PhpSerializiationOptions options =
 		/// Reset the type lookup cache.
 		/// Can be useful for scenarios in which new types are loaded at runtime in between deserialization tasks.
 		/// </summary>
-		public static void ClearTypeCache() => PhpDeserializer.ClearTypeCache();
+		public static void ClearTypeCache() =>
+			PhpDeserializer.ClearTypeCache();
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Reset the property info cache.
 		/// Can be useful for scenarios in which new types are loaded at runtime in between deserialization tasks.
 		/// </summary>
-		public static void ClearPropertyInfoCache() => PhpDeserializer.ClearPropertyInfoCache();
+		public static void ClearPropertyInfoCache() =>
+			PhpDeserializer.ClearPropertyInfoCache();
 	}
 }