using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        try

        {

            JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(

                JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new object()),

                typeof(object),

                new EmptyObjectConverter()

            ).ShouldBeOfType<object>();

            Console.WriteLine("Test passed");

        }

        catch (Exception ex)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);

        }

​

    }

}

​

public class EmptyObjectConverter : JsonConverter

{

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        return objectType == typeof(object);

    }

​

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

    {

        JToken token = JToken.Load(reader);  // consume the JSON object from the reader 

        return token.Type == JTokenType.Null ? null : new object();

    }

​

    public override bool CanWrite

    {

        get { return false; }

    }

​

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

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

}

​

public static class TestExtensions

{

    public static void ShouldBeOfType<T>(this object obj)

    {

        if (obj == null) throw new Exception("Expected type " + typeof(T).FullName + " but object was null");

        if (obj.GetType() != typeof(T)) throw new Exception("Expected type " + typeof(T).FullName + " but actual type was " + obj.GetType().FullName);

    }

}

​