Invisiownare Serialization.JsonNet.Dynamic

Thist library makes it possible to serialize and deserialize objects that are somewhat dynamic (not dynamic variables -- think same base class or contract with different implementations)

Example

Lets setup some sample objects first

// This is our base contract
// Note the "PropertyName" set to "Name" -- this will tell the framework that the object property "Name" will be used to determin what object we need to create during deserialization
[JsonDynamicBaseType(PropertyName = "Name")]
[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonDynamicConverter))]
public interface IDynamicJsonBase
{
	string Name { get; set; }
}

// Lets define a base class that implements the base contract
public class DynamicJsonObjectBase : IDynamicJsonBase
{
	public string Name { get; set; }
}

// Now lets define a child class that is derived from our base class
// Note the "PropertyValue" set to "NumberValue" -- this will be key as it will help the deserializer know which class to map 
[JsonDynamicType(BaseType = typeof(IDynamicJsonBase), PropertyValue = "NumberValue")]
public class DynamicJsonObjectA : DynamicJsonObjectBase
{
	public int NumberValue { get; set; }
}

// Now lets define a completely different child class that is derived from our base class
// Note the "PropertyValue" set to "StringValue" -- this will be key as it will help the deserializer know which class to map 
[JsonDynamicType(BaseType = typeof(IDynamicJsonBase), PropertyValue = "StringValue")]
public class DynamicJsonObjectB : IDynamicJsonBase
{
	public string Name { get; set; }
	public string StringValue { get; set; }
}

// Now lets define another different child class that is derived from our base class and implements a dictionary (just because we can!)
// Note the "PropertyValue" set to "DictionaryValue" -- this will be key as it will help the deserializer know which class to map 
[JsonDynamicType(BaseType = typeof(IDynamicJsonBase), PropertyValue = "DictionaryValue")]
public class DynamicJsonObjectC : IDynamicJsonBase
{
	public string Name { get; set; }
	public Dictionary<string, string> Properties { get; set; }
}


// And to top it all off lets create a class that contains a list of anything that is based on the original contract
public class DynamicJsonObjectTestClass
{
	public IList<IDynamicJsonBase> Items { get; set; } = new List<IDynamicJsonBase>();
}

Now lets work with these classes

// Next lets create an instance of a "dynamic" class
var testObject = new DynamicJsonObjectTestClass();

// Lets setup some sample data
testObject.Items.Add(new DynamicJsonObjectA { Name = "NumberValue", NumberValue = 1});
testObject.Items.Add(new DynamicJsonObjectB { Name = "StringValue", StringValue = DateTime.Now.ToString()});
testObject.Items.Add(new DynamicJsonObjectC { Name = "DictionaryValue", Properties = new Dictionary<string, string> { { "key1", "value1" } } });

// Lets confirm we can serialize it to a string
var str = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(testObject);

Console.WriteLine(str);

// Now comes the fun part.  Lets convert this string back into a stronly typed ojbect area
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DynamicJsonObjectTestClass>(str);
	
Console.WriteLine(result.Items.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "NumberValue").NumberValue); // should display 1
Console.WriteLine(result.Items.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name == "StringValue").StringValue); // should display the current data time