using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Data;

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using System.Text.Json;

using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

using System.Text.Json.Serialization.Metadata;

using System.Text.Json.Nodes;

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using NUnit.Framework; // Throws NUnit.Framework.AssertionException

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//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77840303/can-i-shorten-types-names-while-serializing

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[JsonDerivedType(typeof(Person), typeDiscriminator: "P")] 

[JsonDerivedType(typeof(Adult), typeDiscriminator: "S")]

public class Person

{

    public string Name { get; set; }

}

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[JsonPolymorphic(TypeDiscriminatorPropertyName = "$type")] // This needs to be replaced with __type

[JsonDerivedType(typeof(Adult), typeDiscriminator: "A")]

public class Adult : Person;

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#nullable enable

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public static partial class JsonExtensions

{

    public const string MyTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName = "__type";

    public static Action<JsonTypeInfo> SetupMyTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName() => 

        SetupTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName(MyTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName);

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    public static Action<JsonTypeInfo> SetupTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName(string name) => 

        (JsonTypeInfo typeInfo) =>

    {

        if (typeInfo.PolymorphismOptions != null)

            typeInfo.PolymorphismOptions.TypeDiscriminatorPropertyName = name;

    };

}

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var people = new Person[] { new Person { Name = "AbcPerson" }, new Adult { Name = "foo" } };

            var options = new JsonSerializerOptions

            {

                TypeInfoResolver = new DefaultJsonTypeInfoResolver() 

                    .WithAddedModifier(JsonExtensions.SetupMyTypeDiscriminatorPropertyName()),

                // Add other options as required.

            };

            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(people, options);

            var people2 = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Person []>(json, options);

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            Console.WriteLine(json);

            Assert.That(json.Contains("\"__type\""));

            Assert.That(!json.Contains("\"$type\""));

            Assert.That(people.Select(p => p.GetType()).SequenceEqual(people2!.Select(p => p.GetType())));

        }   

    }

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    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1}), {2}", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , Environment.Version, Environment.OSVersion);

            Console.WriteLine("System.Text.Json version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

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