From b5ac0584edc64d7f5cad5b08c41c3173d37b1395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sosthene <contact@sosthene.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:11:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add get_as methods for Pcd

---
 src/pcd.rs | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pcd.rs b/src/pcd.rs
index d1bcd2c..8a1a868 100644
--- a/src/pcd.rs
+++ b/src/pcd.rs
@@ -282,6 +282,36 @@ impl Pcd {
     pub fn insert(&mut self, key: String, value: Vec<u8>) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
         self.0.insert(key, value)
     }
+
+    // Helper methods for deserialization using the trait
+    pub fn get_as_json(&self, key: &str) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+        if let Some(data) = self.get(key) {
+            serde_json::Value::deserialize_from_pcd(data)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::msg("Key not found"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_as_file_blob(&self, key: &str) -> Result<FileBlob> {
+        if let Some(data) = self.get(key) {
+            FileBlob::deserialize_from_pcd(data)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::msg("Key not found"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_as<T: PcdSerializable>(&self, key: &str) -> Result<T> {
+        if let Some(data) = self.get(key) {
+            T::deserialize_from_pcd(data)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::msg("Key not found"))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn insert_serializable<T: PcdSerializable>(&mut self, key: String, value: &T) -> Result<Option<Vec<u8>>> {
+        let compressed = value.serialize_to_pcd()?;
+        Ok(self.insert(key, compressed))
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize, Tsify)]