--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/main/java/de/mpiwg/gazetteer/utils/JSONUtils.java	Thu Apr 23 15:46:01 2015 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package de.mpiwg.gazetteer.utils;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.bo.LGBranch;
+import de.mpiwg.gazetteer.bo.LGFile;
+
+public class JSONUtils {
+
+	public static String getString(JSONObject json, String label){
+		try {
+			return (json.has(label)) ? json.getString(label) : null;
+		} catch (Exception e) {}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public static Long getLong(JSONObject json, String label){
+		try {
+			return (json.has(label)) ? json.getLong(label) : null;
+		} catch (Exception e) {}
+		return null;
+	}
+	
+	public static JSONObject branch2JSON(LGBranch branch){
+		JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+		
+		try {
+			
+			json.put("id", branch.getId());
+			json.put("label", branch.getLabel());
+			json.put("sectionId", branch.getSectionId());
+			json.put("currentLastFileId", branch.getCurrentLastFileId());
+			json.put("creatorId", branch.getUserId());
+			json.put("creationDate", branch.getFomattedCreation());
+			json.put("info", branch.getInfo());
+			
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+	
+	public static JSONObject file2JSON(LGFile file, boolean includeText){
+		JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
+		
+		try {
+			
+			json.put("id", file.getId());
+			json.put("version", file.getVersion());
+			json.put("fileName", file.getFileName());
+			json.put("info", file.getInfo());
+			json.put("creatorId", file.getUserId());
+			json.put("creationDate", file.getFomattedCreation());
+			
+			if(includeText){
+				json.put("text", file.getContent());
+			}
+			
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+		
+		return json;
+	}
+}