## Runtime Validation
Deserialize validates the input data and throws descriptive errors:
<InteractiveMacro code={`/** @derive(Deserialize) */
class User {
name: string;
email: string;
}`} />
```typescript
// Missing required field
User.fromJSON({ name: "Alice" });
// Error: User.fromJSON: missing required field "email"
// Wrong type
User.fromJSON("not an object");
// Error: User.fromJSON: expected an object, got string
// Array instead of object
User.fromJSON([1, 2, 3]);
// Error: User.fromJSON: expected an object, got array
```
## Automatic Type Conversion
Deserialize automatically converts JSON types to their TypeScript equivalents:
| string/number/boolean
| `string`/`number`/`boolean`
| Direct assignment
| ISO string
| `Date`
| `new Date(string)`
| array
| `T[]`
| Maps items with auto-detection
| object
| `Map<K, V>`
| `new Map(Object.entries())`
| array
| `Set<T>`
| `new Set(array)`
| object
| Nested class
| Calls `fromJSON()` if available