Merge pull request #5447 from Crazylemon64/serialization_eyes_fix

Improves Serialization

code/modules/admin/verbs/SDQL2/useful_procs.dm

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+// This one's for you, SDQL fans
+
+// Give this a string and a location to create the object. Examples of using
+// this function:
+/*
+CALL global.json_to_object_arbitrary_vars("{'type':'/obj/item/weapon/crowbar', 'color':'#FF0000','force':5000,'name':'Greytides Gravedigger'}", loc) ON /mob/living/carbon/human WHERE ckey == 'crazylemon'".
+*/
+// This is a bit more flexible than the serialization interface because that interface
+// expects a rigid structure for the data
+/proc/json_to_object_arbitrary_vars(json_data, position)
+	var/data = json_decode(json_data)
+	return list_to_object_arbitrary_vars(data, position)
+
+
+/proc/list_to_object_arbitrary_vars(list/data, position)
+	if(!islist(data))
+		throw EXCEPTION("Not a list.")
+	if(!("type" in data))
+		throw EXCEPTION("No 'type' field in the data")
+	var/path = text2path(data["type"])
+	if(!path)
+		throw EXCEPTION("Path not found: [path]")
+
+	var/atom/movable/thing = new path(position)
+	data -= "type"
+	for(var/attribute in data)
+		thing.vars[attribute] = data[attribute]
+
+	return thing