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+import {HtmlField} from '../fields/HtmlField';
+import {InkField} from '../fields/InkField';
+import {PDFField} from '../fields/PDFField';
+import {WebField} from '../fields/WebField';
+import {Utils} from '../Utils';
+import {Document} from './../fields/Document';
+import {Field} from './../fields/Field';
+import {ImageField} from './../fields/ImageField';
+import {Key} from './../fields/Key';
+import {ListField} from './../fields/ListField';
+import {NumberField} from './../fields/NumberField';
+import {RichTextField} from './../fields/RichTextField';
+import {TextField} from './../fields/TextField';
+import {Types} from './Message';
+
+export class ServerUtils {
+    public static FromJson(json: any): Field {
+        let obj = json
+        let data: any = obj.data
+        let id: string = obj._id
+        let type: Types = obj.type
+
+        if (!(data !== undefined && id && type !== undefined)) {
+            console.log("how did you manage to get an object that doesn't have a data or an id?")
+            return new TextField("Something to fill the space", Utils.GenerateGuid());
+        }
+
+        switch (type) {
+            case Types.Number:
+                return new NumberField(data, id, false)
+            case Types.Text:
+                return new TextField(data, id, false)
+            case Types.Html:
+                return new HtmlField(data, id, false)
+            case Types.Web:
+                return new WebField(new URL(data), id, false)
+            case Types.RichText:
+                return new RichTextField(data, id, false)
+            case Types.Key:
+                return new Key(data, id, false)
+            case Types.Image:
+                return new ImageField(new URL(data), id, false)
+            case Types.PDF:
+                return new PDFField(new URL(data), id, false)
+            case Types.List:
+                return ListField.FromJson(id, data)
+            case Types.Ink:
+                return InkField.FromJson(id, data);
+            case Types.Document:
+                let doc: Document = new Document(id, false)
+                let fields: [string, string][] = data as [string, string][]
+                fields.forEach(element => {
+                    doc._proxies.set(element[0], element[1]);
+                });
+                return doc
+            default:
+                throw Error("Error, unrecognized field type received from server. If you just created a new field type, be sure to add it here");
+        }
+    }
+}
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