using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

using System.IO;

using System.Data;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Reflection;

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using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;    

​

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

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//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58226765/recursive-json-parsing-using-json-net

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    public static partial class JsonExtensions

    {

        public static IEnumerable<string> GetDiffPaths(this JContainer root)

        {

            if (root == null)

                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(root));

            var query = from array in root.DescendantsAndSelf().OfType<JArray>()

                        where array.Count == 2 && array[0] is JValue && array[1] is JValue

                        select $"{array.Path}/new:{array[0]}/old:{array[1]}";

            return query;

        }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var jToken = JToken.Parse("{\"lastName\":[\"Bab\",\"Beb\"],\"middleName\":[\"Cg\",\"seeg\"],\"contact\":{\"emailAddress\":[\"bab@example.com\",\"beb@example.com\"],\"addresses\":[{\"state\":[\"AL\",\"AZ\"]},{\"state\":[\"TN\",\"MO\"]}],}}");

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            var jContainer = jToken as JContainer;

            if (jContainer == null)

                throw new JsonException("Input was not a container");

            foreach (var item in jContainer.GetDiffPaths())

            {

                Console.WriteLine(item);

            }

            Console.WriteLine();

            Assert.IsTrue(jContainer.GetDiffPaths().OrderBy(s => s).SequenceEqual(GetExpectedDiffStrings().OrderBy(s => s)));

        }   

        static IEnumerable<string> GetExpectedDiffStrings()

        {

            var strings = @"lastName/new:Bab/old:Beb

middleName/new:Cg/old:seeg

contact.emailAddress/new:bab@example.com/old:beb@example.com

contact.addresses[0].state/new:AL/old:AZ

contact.addresses[1].state/new:TN/old:MO";

            return strings.Split(new [] { '\r', '\n' });

        }

    }

​

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    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

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

            Console.WriteLine("Json.NET 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;

            }

        }

        public static string GetNetCoreVersion()

        {

            //https://techblog.dorogin.com/how-to-detect-net-core-version-in-runtime-ecd65ad695be

            //

            var assembly = typeof(System.Runtime.GCSettings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;

            var assemblyPath = assembly.CodeBase.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            int netCoreAppIndex = Array.IndexOf(assemblyPath, "Microsoft.NETCore.App");

            if (netCoreAppIndex > 0 && netCoreAppIndex < assemblyPath.Length - 2)

                return assemblyPath[netCoreAppIndex + 1];

            return null;

        }

    }

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