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diff --git a/netclass/jsonconverter.py b/netclass/jsonconverter.py
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+
+import decimal
+import json
+
+from .netclass import netclass_root
+
+class _encoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+	def default(self, obj):
+		if isinstance(obj, netclass_root):
+			return obj._contents
+		elif isinstance(obj, decimal.Decimal):
+			return float(obj)
+		else:
+			return super().default(obj)
+
+def from_json(t, j):
+	print(repr(j))
+	val = json.loads(j)
+	if issubclass(t, netclass_root):
+		val = t.from_dict(val)
+	if not isinstance(val, t):
+		raise ValueError(f"the JSON value was of type {type(val)}, not {t}")
+	return val
+
+def to_json(obj):
+	return json.dumps(obj, cls=_encoder)