using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

​

public class DummyData {

    [JsonProperty("data")]

    [JsonConverter(typeof(SupplierDataConverter))]

    public object Data { get; set; }

}

​

public class DummyObject {

    [JsonProperty("id")]

    public int Id { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("name")]

    public string Name { get; set; }

}

​

class SupplierDataConverter : JsonConverter

{

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        return (objectType == typeof(DummyData) || objectType == typeof(int));

    }

​

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

    {

        JToken token = JToken.Load(reader);

        if (token.Type == JTokenType.Object)

        {

            return token.ToObject<DummyObject>();

        }

        if(token.Type == JTokenType.Integer)

        {

            return token.ToObject<int>();

        }

        return null;

    }

​

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

    {

        serializer.Serialize(writer, value);

    }

}

​

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string firstEx = @"

{

    'data': {

        'id': 15,

        'name': 'TheOne'

    }

}";

        Console.WriteLine("--------------------");

        Console.WriteLine("{0}", JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DummyData>(firstEx).Data);

​

        string secondEx = @"

{

    'data': 123

}";

        Console.WriteLine("--------------------");

        Console.WriteLine("{0}", JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DummyData>(secondEx).Data);

    }

}