# Copyright (C) 2018 Avatao.com Innovative Learning Kft.
# All Rights Reserved. See LICENSE file for details.

import json


def serialize_all(*args):
    return tuple(_serialize_single(arg) for arg in args)


def deserialize_all(*args):
    return tuple(_deserialize_single(arg) for arg in args)


def _serialize_single(data):
    if not isinstance(data, str):
        data = json.dumps(data)
    return encode_if_needed(data)


def _deserialize_single(data):
    try:
        return json.loads(data)
    except ValueError:
        return decode_if_needed(data)


def encode_if_needed(value):
    if isinstance(value, str):
        value = value.encode('utf-8')
    return value


def decode_if_needed(value):
    if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray)):
        value = value.decode('utf-8')
    return value