https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59998747/deserialize-json-with-array-of-enum

CSharp · Console

/Program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Reflection;

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

//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59998747/deserialize-json-with-array-of-enum

using System.Runtime.Serialization;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace Assignment_1
{
    public class MyRequest
    {
//...
        [Required]
        [MinLength(9)]
        [MaxLength(9)]
        [JsonProperty("changeTypes")] // No need to add StringEnumConverter here since it's already applied to the enum itself
        public AppGlobals.BoardSymbols[] GameBoard { get; set; }
    }
}

namespace AppGlobals
{
    [JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
    public enum BoardSymbols
    {
        [EnumMember(Value = "X")]
        First = 'X',
        [EnumMember(Value = "O")]
        Second = 'O',
        [EnumMember(Value = "?")]
        EMPTY = '?'
    }
}

namespace Assignment_1
{
	class TestClass
    {
        public static void Test()
        {
			var myRequest = new MyRequest
			{
				GameBoard = (AppGlobals.BoardSymbols [])Enum.GetValues(typeof(AppGlobals.BoardSymbols)),
			};
			
			var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(myRequest, Formatting.Indented);
			
			Console.WriteLine("Serialized {0}:", myRequest);
			Console.WriteLine(json);
			
			var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyRequest>(json);
			
			Assert.IsTrue(myRequest.GameBoard.SequenceEqual(deserialized.GameBoard));
		}	
	}

	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();

			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;
		}
	}
}