using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        TestJson("{\"Values\":{\"TestString\":\"test\",\"TestNumber\":1}}");

        TestJson("{}");

        TestJson("{\"SomethingElse\": \"Not right!\"}");

        TestJson("");

        TestJson(null);

    }

    private static void TestJson(string json)

    {

        var parsed = TryDeserializeObject<JsonClass>(json, out JsonClass result);

        var message = parsed ? "Parsed: " : "Unable to parse: ";

        Console.WriteLine(message + json);

    }

    private static bool TryDeserializeObject<T>(string json, out T deserializedObject) where T : class

    {

        var success = true;

        deserializedObject = null;

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        if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(json))

        {

            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings()

            {

                MissingMemberHandling = MissingMemberHandling.Error,

                Error = (object sender, Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.ErrorEventArgs args) =>

                {

                    success = false;

                    args.ErrorContext.Handled = true;

                }

            };

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            deserializedObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, settings);

        }

        else

        {

            success = false;

        }

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        return success;

    }

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}

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public class JsonClass

{

    public JsonValuesClass Values { get; set; }

    public class JsonValuesClass

    {

        public string TestString { get; set; }

        public int TestNumber { get; set; }

    }

}