From 1337e87c3de64703292e057a7033f6e0bf4bd65d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyle Matthew Hedden <kyle.hedden@verizonwireless.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:59:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] move decoding logic to ViewController for overrides.

---
 MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/TemplateProtocol.swift | 6 ++++--
 MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift    | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/TemplateProtocol.swift b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/TemplateProtocol.swift
index 04280042..4e6d5d32 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/TemplateProtocol.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/Atomic/Protocols/TemplateProtocol.swift
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ public protocol TemplateProtocol: AnyObject {
 }
 
 public extension TemplateProtocol where Self: ViewController {
+    
     func parseTemplate(json: [AnyHashable: Any]?) throws {
         guard let pageJSON = json else { return }
         let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: pageJSON)
         let decoder = JSONDecoder()
         try decoder.add(delegateObject: delegateObjectIVar)
-        let templateModel = try decoder.decode(TemplateModel.self, from: data)
-        self.templateModel = templateModel
+        let templateModel = try decodeTemplate(using: decoder, from: data)
+        self.templateModel = templateModel as? TemplateModel
         self.pageModel = templateModel as? MVMControllerModelProtocol
     }
+    
 }
diff --git a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
index 6e1b35ff..df604d82 100644
--- a/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
+++ b/MVMCoreUI/BaseControllers/ViewController.swift
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ import UIKit
     open func parsePageJSON() throws {
     }
 
+    open func decodeTemplate(using decoder: JSONDecoder, from data: Data) throws -> TemplateModel {
+        return try decoder.decode(TemplateModel.self, from: data)
+    }
+    
     open class func verifyRequiredModulesLoaded(for loadObject: MVMCoreLoadObject?, error: AutoreleasingUnsafeMutablePointer<MVMCoreErrorObject>) -> Bool {
         guard let pageType = loadObject?.pageType, var modulesRequired = MVMCoreUIViewControllerMappingObject.shared()?.modulesRequired(forPageType: pageType),
             !modulesRequired.isEmpty else { return true }