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+use crate::error::Result;
+use crate::options;
+use crate::simple::Type as SimpleType;
+use crate::static_type::StaticType;
+use crate::Deserialize;
+
+/// Deserialize an instance of type `T` from a string of Dhall text.
+///
+/// This will recursively resolve all imports in the expression, and typecheck it before
+/// deserialization. Relative imports will be resolved relative to the current directory.
+/// See [`options`][`options`] for more control over this process.
+///
+/// For additional type safety, prefer [`from_str_static_type`][`from_str_static_type`] or
+/// [`from_str_manual_type`][`from_str_manual_type`].
+///
+///
+/// # Example
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # fn main() -> serde_dhall::Result<()> {
+/// use serde::Deserialize;
+///
+/// #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+/// struct Point {
+///     x: u64,
+///     y: u64,
+/// }
+///
+/// // Some Dhall data
+/// let data = "{ x = 1, y = 1 + 1 } : { x: Natural, y: Natural }";
+///
+/// // Convert the Dhall string to a Point.
+/// let point: Point = serde_dhall::from_str(data)?;
+/// assert_eq!(point.x, 1);
+/// assert_eq!(point.y, 2);
+///
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+///
+/// [`options`]: options/index.html
+/// [`from_str_manual_type`]: fn.from_str_manual_type.html
+/// [`from_str_static_type`]: fn.from_str_static_type.html
+pub fn from_str<T>(s: &str) -> Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize,
+{
+    options::from_str(s).parse()
+}
+
+/// Deserialize an instance of type `T` from a string of Dhall text,
+/// additionally checking that it matches the supplied type.
+///
+/// Like [`from_str`], but this additionally checks that
+/// the type of the provided expression matches the supplied type.
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// # fn main() -> serde_dhall::Result<()> {
+/// use serde_dhall::simple::Type;
+/// use std::collections::HashMap;
+///
+/// // Parse a Dhall type
+/// let point_type_str = "{ x: Natural, y: Natural }";
+/// let point_type: Type = serde_dhall::from_str(point_type_str)?;
+///
+/// // Some Dhall data
+/// let point_data = "{ x = 1, y = 1 + 1 }";
+///
+/// // Deserialize the data to a Rust type. This checks that
+/// // the data matches the provided type.
+/// let deserialized_map: HashMap<String, usize> =
+///         serde_dhall::from_str_manual_type(point_data, &point_type)?;
+///
+/// let mut expected_map = HashMap::new();
+/// expected_map.insert("x".to_string(), 1);
+/// expected_map.insert("y".to_string(), 2);
+///
+/// assert_eq!(deserialized_map, expected_map);
+/// # Ok(())
+/// # }
+/// ```
+pub fn from_str_manual_type<T>(s: &str, ty: &SimpleType) -> Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize,
+{
+    options::from_str(s).type_annotation(ty).parse()
+}
+
+/// Deserialize an instance of type `T` from a string of Dhall text,
+/// additionally checking that it matches the type of `T`.
+///
+/// Like [from_str], but this additionally checks that
+/// the type of the provided expression matches the output type `T`. The [StaticType] trait
+/// captures Rust types that are valid Dhall types.
+pub fn from_str_static_type<T>(s: &str) -> Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize + StaticType,
+{
+    options::from_str(s).static_type_annotation().parse()
+}