def from_json(payload):
        """
        Convert the JSON expression of a contact information into an instance
        `Contact.


        @param payload: a JSON expression representing a contact information:

            [ type:ContactName, value:string, [is_primary:boolean, [is_verified:boolean]] ]


        @return: an instance `Contact`.


        @raise AssertError: if the specified type of this contact information
            is not a string representation of an item of the enumeration
            `ContactName`.

        @raise ValueError: if the value of this contact information is null.
        """
        contact_item_number = len(payload)
        assert 2 <= contact_item_number <= 4, 'Invalid contact information format'

        is_primary = is_verified = None

        # Unpack the contact information to each component.
        if contact_item_number == 2:
            (name, value) = payload
        elif contact_item_number == 3:
            (name, value, is_primary) = payload
        else:
            (name, value, is_primary, is_verified) = payload

        return Contact(cast.string_to_enum(name, Contact.ContactName), value,
                is_primary=is_primary and cast.string_to_boolean(is_primary, strict=True),
                is_verified=is_verified and cast.string_to_boolean(is_verified, strict=True))
Convert the JSON expression of a contact information into an instance
        `Contact.


        @param payload: a JSON expression representing a contact information:

            [ type:ContactName, value:string, [is_primary:boolean, [is_verified:boolean]] ]


        @return: an instance `Contact`.


        @raise AssertError: if the specified type of this contact information
            is not a string representation of an item of the enumeration
            `ContactName`.

        @raise ValueError: if the value of this contact information is null.