yikes,

Utils/StringUtils.cs

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+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace Vanadium.Utils
+{
+	public static class StringUtils
+	{
+		public static string Sanitize(this string str)
+		{
+			return str;
+		}
+		public static bool IsPure(this string str)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+		public static T? FromJson<T>(this string json)
+		{
+			return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(json);
+		}
+		public static string ToJson(this object val)
+		{
+			return JsonSerializer.Serialize(val);
+		}
+		public static string ToBase64(this string str)
+		{
+			var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
+			var b64 = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
+			return b64;
+		}
+	}
+}