using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

using System.Threading;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.Reflection;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Collections.Specialized;

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using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

​

​

    public interface ISubStuff

    {

        string Item { get; set; }

    }

    public class SubStuff : ISubStuff

    {

       public string Item { get; set; }

    }

    public interface IMainStuff

    {

        Dictionary<string, ISubStuff> SubStuff { get; set; }

    }

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    public class MainStuff : IMainStuff

    { 

        [JsonProperty(ItemConverterType = typeof(TypeConverter<SubStuff>))]

        public Dictionary<string, ISubStuff> SubStuff

        { 

            get; 

            set; 

        } 

    }

​

    public class TypeConverter<T> : JsonConverter

    {

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType) 

        {

            var msg = string.Format("This converter should be applied directly with [JsonProperty(ItemConverterType = typeof(TypeConverter<{0}>))] or [JsonProperty(typeof(TypeConverter<{0}>))]", 

                                    typeof(T));

            throw new NotImplementedException(msg);

        }

        public override bool CanWrite { get { return false; } }

​

        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)

        {

            throw new NotImplementedException();

        }

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        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)

        {

            return serializer.Deserialize<T>(reader);

        }

    }

    public class Program

    {

        static void Test()

        {

            var root = new MainStuff

            {

                SubStuff = new Dictionary<string, ISubStuff>()

                {

                    { "key1", new SubStuff { Item = "hello 1" } },

                    { "key2", new SubStuff { Item = "hello 2" } },

                },

            };

            var json1 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(root);

            Console.WriteLine(json1);

            var root2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MainStuff>(json1);

            var json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(root2);

            Console.WriteLine(json2);

        }

        public static void Main()

        {

            try

            {

                Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

​

    public class UnrelatedSubStuff : ISubStuff

    {

       public string Item { get; set; }

    }   

​

​