diff --git a/lib/src/adf.rs b/lib/src/adf.rs
index aae8967..d7dcb04 100644
--- a/lib/src/adf.rs
+++ b/lib/src/adf.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ This module describes the abstract dialectical framework.
 pub mod heuristics;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 
-use crate::datatypes::BddNode;
 use crate::{
     datatypes::{
         adf::{
@@ -52,23 +51,18 @@ impl Default for Adf {
     }
 }
 
-impl Adf {
-    /// Instntiates an ADF based on the publically available data
-    pub fn from_ord_nodes_and_ac(
-        ordering: VarContainer,
-        bdd_nodes: Vec<BddNode>,
-        ac: Vec<Term>,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let bdd = Bdd::from_nodes(bdd_nodes);
-
-        Adf {
-            ordering,
-            bdd,
-            ac,
+impl From<(VarContainer, Bdd, Vec<Term>)> for Adf {
+    fn from(source: (VarContainer, Bdd, Vec<Term>)) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ordering: source.0,
+            bdd: source.1,
+            ac: source.2,
             rng: Self::default_rng(),
         }
     }
+}
 
+impl Adf {
     /// Instantiates a new ADF, based on the [parser-data][crate::parser::AdfParser].
     pub fn from_parser(parser: &AdfParser) -> Self {
         log::info!("[Start] instantiating BDD");
diff --git a/lib/src/datatypes/adf.rs b/lib/src/datatypes/adf.rs
index 0940704..52bcc83 100644
--- a/lib/src/datatypes/adf.rs
+++ b/lib/src/datatypes/adf.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl Default for VarContainer {
 }
 
 impl VarContainer {
-    /// Create [VarContainer] from its components
+    /// Create [`VarContainer`] from its components
     pub fn from_parser(
         names: Arc<RwLock<Vec<String>>>,
         mapping: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, usize>>>,
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ impl VarContainer {
             .and_then(|name| name.get(var.value()).cloned())
     }
 
-    /// Return ordered names from [VarContainer]
+    /// Return ordered names from [`VarContainer`]
     pub fn names(&self) -> Arc<RwLock<Vec<String>>> {
         Arc::clone(&self.names)
     }
 
-    /// Return map from names to indices in [VarContainer]
+    /// Return map from names to indices in [`VarContainer`]
     pub fn mappings(&self) -> Arc<RwLock<HashMap<String, usize>>> {
         Arc::clone(&self.mapping)
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 3709699..b1d4a93 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -198,6 +198,146 @@ while let Ok(result) = r.recv() {
 solving.join().unwrap();
 
 ```
+
+### Serialize and Deserialize custom datastructures representing an [`adf::Adf`]
+
+The Web Application <https://adf-bdd.dev> uses custom datastructures that are stored in a mongodb which inspired this example.
+
+```rust
+use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use adf_bdd::datatypes::adf::VarContainer;
+use adf_bdd::datatypes::{BddNode, Term, Var};
+use adf_bdd::obdd::Bdd;
+use adf_bdd::parser::AdfParser;
+use adf_bdd::adf::Adf;
+
+// Custom Datastructures for (De-)Serialization
+
+# #[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct MyCustomVarContainer {
+    names: Vec<String>,
+    mapping: HashMap<String, String>,
+}
+
+impl From<VarContainer> for MyCustomVarContainer {
+    fn from(source: VarContainer) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            names: source.names().read().unwrap().clone(),
+            mapping: source
+                .mappings()
+                .read()
+                .unwrap()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), v.to_string()))
+                .collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MyCustomVarContainer> for VarContainer {
+    fn from(source: MyCustomVarContainer) -> Self {
+        Self::from_parser(
+            Arc::new(RwLock::new(source.names)),
+            Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+                source
+                    .mapping
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|(k, v)| (k, v.parse().unwrap()))
+                    .collect(),
+            )),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+# #[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct MyCustomBddNode {
+    var: String,
+    lo: String,
+    hi: String,
+}
+
+impl From<BddNode> for MyCustomBddNode {
+    fn from(source: BddNode) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            var: source.var().0.to_string(),
+            lo: source.lo().0.to_string(),
+            hi: source.hi().0.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MyCustomBddNode> for BddNode {
+    fn from(source: MyCustomBddNode) -> Self {
+        Self::new(
+            Var(source.var.parse().unwrap()),
+            Term(source.lo.parse().unwrap()),
+            Term(source.hi.parse().unwrap()),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+# #[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+struct MyCustomAdf {
+    ordering: MyCustomVarContainer,
+    bdd: Vec<MyCustomBddNode>,
+    ac: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl From<Adf> for MyCustomAdf {
+    fn from(source: Adf) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ordering: source.ordering.into(),
+            bdd: source.bdd.nodes.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
+            ac: source.ac.into_iter().map(|t| t.0.to_string()).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MyCustomAdf> for Adf {
+    fn from(source: MyCustomAdf) -> Self {
+        let bdd = Bdd::from(source.bdd.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect::<Vec<BddNode>>());
+
+        Adf::from((
+            source.ordering.into(),
+            bdd,
+            source
+                .ac
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|t| Term(t.parse().unwrap()))
+                .collect(),
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
+// use the above example as input
+let input = "s(a).s(b).s(c).s(d).ac(a,c(v)).ac(b,or(a,b)).ac(c,neg(b)).ac(d,d).";
+let parser = AdfParser::default();
+parser.parse()(&input).unwrap();
+
+// create Adf
+let adf = Adf::from_parser(&parser);
+
+// cast into custom struct
+let my_custom_adf: MyCustomAdf = adf.into();
+
+// stringify to json
+let json: String = serde_json::to_string(&my_custom_adf).unwrap();
+
+// parse json
+let parsed_custom_adf: MyCustomAdf = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
+
+// cast into lib struct that resembles the original Adf
+let parsed_adf: Adf = parsed_custom_adf.into();
+
+# let my_custom_adf2: MyCustomAdf = parsed_adf.into();
+# assert_eq!(my_custom_adf, my_custom_adf2);
+```
+
 */
 #![deny(
     missing_debug_implementations,
diff --git a/lib/src/nogoods.rs b/lib/src/nogoods.rs
index de25bbe..1f39edc 100644
--- a/lib/src/nogoods.rs
+++ b/lib/src/nogoods.rs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ impl NoGood {
         visit.then_some(result)
     }
 
-    /// Creates an updated [Vec<Term>], based on the given [&[Term]] and the [NoGood].
+    /// Creates an updated [`Vec<Term>`], based on the given [&[Term]] and the [NoGood].
     /// The parameter _update_ is set to [`true`] if there has been an update and to [`false`] otherwise
     pub fn update_term_vec(&self, term_vec: &[Term], update: &mut bool) -> Vec<Term> {
         *update = false;
diff --git a/lib/src/obdd.rs b/lib/src/obdd.rs
index a5aae9d..a19fa96 100644
--- a/lib/src/obdd.rs
+++ b/lib/src/obdd.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use std::{cell::RefCell, cmp::min, collections::HashMap, fmt::Display};
 /// Each roBDD is identified by its corresponding [`Term`], which implicitly identifies the root node of a roBDD.
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Bdd {
-    /// The nodes of the [Bdd] with their edges
+    /// The nodes of the [`Bdd`] with their edges
     pub nodes: Vec<BddNode>,
     #[cfg(feature = "variablelist")]
     #[serde(skip)]
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ impl Default for Bdd {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<Vec<BddNode>> for Bdd {
+    fn from(nodes: Vec<BddNode>) -> Self {
+        let mut bdd = Self::new();
+
+        for node in nodes {
+            bdd.node(node.var(), node.lo(), node.hi());
+        }
+
+        bdd
+    }
+}
+
 impl Bdd {
     /// Instantiate a new roBDD structure.
     /// Constants for the [`⊤`][crate::datatypes::Term::TOP] and [`⊥`][crate::datatypes::Term::BOT] concepts are prepared in that step too.
@@ -101,17 +113,6 @@ impl Bdd {
         RefCell::new(HashMap::new())
     }
 
-    /// Construct [Bdd] from a list of nodes by adding one after the other
-    pub fn from_nodes(nodes: Vec<BddNode>) -> Self {
-        let mut bdd = Self::new();
-
-        for node in nodes {
-            bdd.node(node.var(), node.lo(), node.hi());
-        }
-
-        bdd
-    }
-
     /// Instantiates a [variable][crate::datatypes::Var] and returns the representing roBDD as a [`Term`][crate::datatypes::Term].
     pub fn variable(&mut self, var: Var) -> Term {
         self.node(var, Term::BOT, Term::TOP)
diff --git a/server/src/adf.rs b/server/src/adf.rs
index 31858b6..c085f32 100644
--- a/server/src/adf.rs
+++ b/server/src/adf.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use adf_bdd::adf::Adf;
 use adf_bdd::adfbiodivine::Adf as BdAdf;
+use adf_bdd::obdd::Bdd;
 use adf_bdd::parser::AdfParser;
 
 use crate::config::{AppState, RunningInfo, Task, ADF_COLL, COMPUTE_TIME, DB_NAME, USER_COLL};
@@ -164,16 +165,38 @@ pub(crate) struct SimplifiedAdf {
     pub(crate) ac: AcDb,
 }
 
-impl SimplifiedAdf {
-    fn from_lib_adf(adf: Adf) -> Self {
-        SimplifiedAdf {
-            ordering: adf.ordering.into(),
-            bdd: adf.bdd.nodes.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
-            ac: adf.ac.into_iter().map(|t| t.0.to_string()).collect(),
+impl From<Adf> for SimplifiedAdf {
+    fn from(source: Adf) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            ordering: source.ordering.into(),
+            bdd: source.bdd.nodes.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
+            ac: source.ac.into_iter().map(|t| t.0.to_string()).collect(),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl From<SimplifiedAdf> for Adf {
+    fn from(source: SimplifiedAdf) -> Self {
+        let bdd = Bdd::from(
+            source
+                .bdd
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(Into::into)
+                .collect::<Vec<BddNode>>(),
+        );
+
+        Adf::from((
+            source.ordering.into(),
+            bdd,
+            source
+                .ac
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|t| Term(t.parse().unwrap()))
+                .collect(),
+        ))
+    }
+}
+
 type SimplifiedAdfOpt = OptionWithError<SimplifiedAdf>;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -408,7 +431,7 @@ async fn add_adf_problem(
                     graph: DoubleLabeledGraph::from_adf_and_ac(&lib_adf, None),
                 };
 
-                (SimplifiedAdf::from_lib_adf(lib_adf), ac_and_graph)
+                (SimplifiedAdf::from(lib_adf), ac_and_graph)
             });
 
             app_state
@@ -550,15 +573,7 @@ async fn solve_adf_problem(
             #[cfg(feature = "mock_long_computations")]
             std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(20));
 
-            let mut adf: Adf = Adf::from_ord_nodes_and_ac(
-                simp_adf.ordering.into(),
-                simp_adf.bdd.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect(),
-                simp_adf
-                    .ac
-                    .into_iter()
-                    .map(|t| Term(t.parse().unwrap()))
-                    .collect(),
-            );
+            let mut adf: Adf = simp_adf.into();
 
             let acs: Vec<Ac> = match adf_problem_input.strategy {
                 Strategy::Complete => adf.complete().collect(),