using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Reflection;

using Newtonsoft.Json;  

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = @"

            {

                ""name"" : ""Joe Shmoe"",

                ""age"" : 26,

                ""picture"":

                {

                    ""id"": 123456,

                    ""data"":

                    {

                        ""type"": ""jpg"",

                        ""url"": ""http://www.someplace.com/mypicture.jpg""

                    }

                },

                ""favorites"":

                {

                    ""movie"": 

                    {

                        ""title"": ""The Godfather"",

                        ""starring"": ""Marlon Brando"",

                        ""year"": 1972

                    },

                    ""color"": ""purple"",

                }

            }";

        Person p = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Person>(json);

        Console.WriteLine(p.Name);

        Console.WriteLine(p.Age);

        Console.WriteLine(p.ProfilePicture);

        Console.WriteLine(p.FavoriteMovie.Title + " (" + p.FavoriteMovie.Year + ")");

        Console.WriteLine(p.FavoriteColor);

    }

}

​

[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonPathConverter))]

class Person

{

    [JsonProperty("name")]

    public string Name { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("age")]

    public int Age { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("picture.data.url")]

    public string ProfilePicture { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("favorites.movie")]

    public Movie FavoriteMovie { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("favorites.color")]

    public string FavoriteColor { get; set; }

}

​

class Movie

{

    public string Title { get; set; }

    public int Year { get; set; }

}

​

class JsonPathConverter : JsonConverter

{

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

    {

        JObject jo = JObject.Load(reader);

        object targetObj = Activator.CreateInstance(objectType);

        foreach (PropertyInfo prop in objectType.GetProperties().Where(p => p.CanRead && p.CanWrite))

        {

            JsonPropertyAttribute att = prop.GetCustomAttributes(true).OfType<JsonPropertyAttribute>().FirstOrDefault();

            string jsonPath = (att != null ? att.PropertyName : prop.Name);

            JToken token = jo.SelectToken(jsonPath);

            if (token != null && token.Type != JTokenType.Null)

            {

                object value = token.ToObject(prop.PropertyType, serializer);

                prop.SetValue(targetObj, value, null);

            }

        }

        return targetObj;

    }

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        // CanConvert is not called when [JsonConverter] attribute is used

        return false;

    }

    public override bool CanWrite

    {

        get { return false; }

    }

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

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

}

​