From 332d5fa7a825e18c7c4bb908f7ebf01d3eb1251a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shakil Siraj <shakil.siraj@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 17:40:44 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] updated type definition

---
 dist/ObjectMapper.d.ts | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 package.json           |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dist/ObjectMapper.d.ts b/dist/ObjectMapper.d.ts
index 5610ba8..10d7fd6 100644
--- a/dist/ObjectMapper.d.ts
+++ b/dist/ObjectMapper.d.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,43 @@
-
 /**
  * Decorator metadata definition for JsonProperty
  */
 export interface JsonPropertyDecoratorMetadata {
-    name?: string, //name of the JSON property to map
-    required?: boolean, //is this field required in the JSON object that is being deserialized
-    access?: AccessType, //is this serializable and de-serializable
-    type?: any //the type of Object that should be assigned to this property
-    serializer?: any, //Serializer for the type
-    deserializer?: any // deserializer for the type
+  name?: string; //name of the JSON property to map
+  required?: boolean; //is this field required in the JSON object that is being deserialized
+  access?: AccessType; //is this serializable and de-serializable
+  type?: any; //the type of Object that should be assigned to this property
+  serializer?: any; //Serializer for the type
+  deserializer?: any; // deserializer for the type
 }
 
 export enum AccessType {
-    READ_ONLY, WRITE_ONLY, BOTH
+  READ_ONLY,
+  WRITE_ONLY,
+  BOTH,
 }
 
-export interface Serializer{
-    serialize(value: any): any;
+export interface Serializer {
+  serialize(value: any): any;
 }
 
-export interface Deserializer{
-    deserialize(value: any): any;
+export interface Deserializer {
+  deserialize(value: any): any;
 }
 
 /**
  * JsonProperty Decorator function.
  */
-export declare function JsonProperty(metadata?: JsonPropertyDecoratorMetadata): any;
+export declare function JsonProperty(
+  metadata?: JsonPropertyDecoratorMetadata
+): any;
 
 /**
  * Decorator for specifying cache key.
  * Used for Serializer/Deserializer caching.
- * 
+ *
  * @export
- * @param {string} key 
- * @returns 
+ * @param {string} key
+ * @returns
  */
 export function CacheKey(key: string): Function;
 
@@ -48,32 +51,41 @@ export declare function JsonIgnore(): any;
  */
 export declare function JsonConverstionError(message: string, json: any): Error;
 
-export declare namespace ObjectMapper {
+export interface DeserializationConfig {
+  ignoreNameMetadata: boolean;
+}
 
-    /**
-     * Deserializes a Object type with the passed on JSON data.
-     */
-    export function deserialize<T>(type: { new (): T }, json: Object): T;
+export declare namespace ObjectMapper {
+  /**
+   * Deserializes a Object type with the passed on JSON data.
+   */
+  export function deserialize<T>(
+    type: { new (): T },
+    json: Object,
+    config?: DeserializationConfig
+  ): T;
 
-    /**
-     * Deserializes an array of object types with the passed on JSON data.
-     */
-    export function deserializeArray<T>(type: { new (): T }, json: Object): T[];
+  /**
+   * Deserializes an array of object types with the passed on JSON data.
+   */
+  export function deserializeArray<T>(
+    type: { new (): T },
+    json: Object,
+    config?: DeserializationConfig
+  ): T[];
 
-    /**
-     * Serializes an object instance to JSON string.
-     */
-    export function serialize(obj: any): String;
-    
+  /**
+   * Serializes an object instance to JSON string.
+   */
+  export function serialize(obj: any): String;
 }
 
 /**
  * Default Date serializer implementation.
- * 
+ *
  * @class DateSerializer
  * @implements {Serializer}
  */
 export declare class DateSerializer implements Serializer {
-    public serialize(value: Date): number;
+  public serialize(value: Date): number;
 }
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 45c0951..c3d6e52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "json-object-mapper",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "description": "A TypeScript library to serialize and deserialize JSON objects in a fast and non-recursive way",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",