1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/serialization/json_object.cpp b/src/serialization/json_object.cpp
index e98ba0483..926eb18c0 100644
--- a/src/serialization/json_object.cpp
+++ b/src/serialization/json_object.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016-2019, The Monero Project
+// Copyright (c) 2016-2020, The Monero Project
 // 
 // All rights reserved.
 // 
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@
 #include <boost/variant/apply_visitor.hpp>
 #include <limits>
 #include <type_traits>
-#include "string_tools.h"
+
+// drop macro from windows.h
+#ifdef GetObject
+  #undef GetObject
+#endif
 
 namespace cryptonote
 {
@@ -109,6 +113,19 @@ namespace
   }
 }
 
+void read_hex(const rapidjson::Value& val, epee::span<std::uint8_t> dest)
+{
+  if (!val.IsString())
+  {
+    throw WRONG_TYPE("string");
+  }
+
+  if (!epee::from_hex::to_buffer(dest, {val.GetString(), val.Size()}))
+  {
+    throw BAD_INPUT();
+  }
+}
+
 void toJsonValue(rapidjson::Writer<rapidjson::StringBuffer>& dest, const rapidjson::Value& src)
 {
   src.Accept(dest);