I am trying to extend the JSON.net example given here http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/CustomCreationConverter.html
I have another sub class deriving from base class/Interface
public class Person
{
public string FirstName { get; set; }
public string LastName { get; set; }
}
public class Employee : Person
{
public string Department { get; set; }
public string JobTitle { get; set; }
}
public class Artist : Person
{
public string Skill { get; set; }
}
List<Person> people = new List<Person>
{
new Employee(),
new Employee(),
new Artist(),
};
How do I deserialize following Json back to List< Person >
[
{
"Department": "Department1",
"JobTitle": "JobTitle1",
"FirstName": "FirstName1",
"LastName": "LastName1"
},
{
"Department": "Department2",
"JobTitle": "JobTitle2",
"FirstName": "FirstName2",
"LastName": "LastName2"
},
{
"Skill": "Painter",
"FirstName": "FirstName3",
"LastName": "LastName3"
}
]
I don't want to use TypeNameHandling JsonSerializerSettings. I am specifically looking for custom JsonConverter implementation to handle this. The documentation and examples around this are pretty sparse on the net. I can't seem to get the the overridden ReadJson() method implementation in JsonConverter right.