Made structural changes to server-side Preference code based on feedback

model/preferences.go

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+// Copyright (c) 2015 Spinpunch, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+// See License.txt for license information.
+
+package model
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type Preferences []*Preference
+
+func (o *Preferences) ToJson() string {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(o)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ""
+	} else {
+		return string(b)
+	}
+}
+
+func PreferencesFromJson(data io.Reader) (Preferences, error) {
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(data)
+	var o Preferences
+	err := decoder.Decode(&o)
+	if err == nil {
+		return o, nil
+	} else {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+}