using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Globalization;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
public class ObjectToArrayConverter<T> : JsonConverter
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
return typeof(T) == objectType;
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
var objectType = value.GetType();
var contract = serializer.ContractResolver.ResolveContract(objectType) as JsonObjectContract;
throw new JsonSerializationException(string.Format("invalid type {0}.", objectType.FullName));
writer.WriteStartArray();
foreach (var property in SerializableProperties(contract))
var propertyValue = property.ValueProvider.GetValue(value);
if (property.Converter != null && property.Converter.CanWrite)
property.Converter.WriteJson(writer, propertyValue, serializer);
serializer.Serialize(writer, propertyValue);
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
var contract = serializer.ContractResolver.ResolveContract(objectType) as JsonObjectContract;
throw new JsonSerializationException(string.Format("invalid type {0}.", objectType.FullName));
if (reader.MoveToContentAndAssert().TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
if (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.StartArray)
throw new JsonSerializationException(string.Format("token {0} was not JsonToken.StartArray", reader.TokenType));
existingValue = existingValue ?? contract.DefaultCreator();
using (var enumerator = SerializableProperties(contract).GetEnumerator())
switch (reader.ReadToContentAndAssert().TokenType)
if (!enumerator.MoveNext())
var property = enumerator.Current;
if (property.Converter != null && property.Converter.CanRead)
propertyValue = property.Converter.ReadJson(reader, property.PropertyType, property.ValueProvider.GetValue(existingValue), serializer);
propertyValue = serializer.Deserialize(reader, property.PropertyType);
property.ValueProvider.SetValue(existingValue, propertyValue);
static IEnumerable<JsonProperty> SerializableProperties(JsonObjectContract contract)
return contract.Properties.Where(p => !p.Ignored && p.Readable && p.Writable);
public static partial class JsonExtensions
public static JsonReader ReadToContentAndAssert(this JsonReader reader)
return reader.ReadAndAssert().MoveToContentAndAssert();
public static JsonReader MoveToContentAndAssert(this JsonReader reader)
throw new ArgumentNullException();
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.None)
while (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Comment)
public static JsonReader ReadAndAssert(this JsonReader reader)
throw new ArgumentNullException();
throw new JsonReaderException("Unexpected end of JSON stream.");
public ArrayWrapper[] Array { get; set; }
[JsonConverter(typeof(ObjectToArrayConverter<ArrayWrapper>))]
public struct ArrayWrapper
[JsonProperty(Order = 1)]
public int Item0 { get; set; }
[JsonProperty(Order = 2)]
[JsonConverter(typeof(IntConverter))]
public int Item1 { get; set; }
public string IgnoreMe1 { get { return "IgnoreMe"; } }
public string IgnoreMe2 { get; set; }
public class IntConverter : JsonConverter
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType) { return objectType == typeof(int); }
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
return checked((int)((long)JValue.Load(reader) - 1L));
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
writer.WriteValue(1L + (int)value);
public static void Test()
new ArrayWrapper { Item0 = 0, Item1 = int.MaxValue },
new ArrayWrapper { Item0 = 0, Item1 = -1 },
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
var obj2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Obj>(json);
var json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj2);
Console.WriteLine(json2);
Assert.IsTrue(obj.Array.Select(w => w.Item1 + 1L).SequenceEqual(JToken.Parse(json).SelectTokens("Array[*][1]").Select(t => t.ToObject<long>())));
Assert.IsTrue(obj2.Array.Zip(obj.Array, (w1, w2) => w1.Item0 == w2.Item0 && w1.Item1 == w2.Item1).All(t => t));
Assert.IsTrue(JToken.DeepEquals(JToken.Parse(json), JToken.Parse(json2)));
for (int i = 1; i < json.Length - 1; i++)
Assert.Throws(Is.InstanceOf(typeof(JsonException)), () => JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Obj>(json.Substring(i, json.Length - i)));
var json3 = JToken.Parse(json);
((JArray)json3.SelectToken("Array[0]")).Add(JToken.FromObject(new [] { new { Useless = "useless" } } ));
Console.Write("Testing: {0}... ", json3.ToString(Formatting.None));
var obj3 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Obj>(json3.ToString());
Assert.IsTrue(obj3.Array.Select(w => w.Item1 + 1L).SequenceEqual(JToken.Parse(json).SelectTokens("Array[*][1]").Select(t => t.ToObject<long>())));
Assert.IsTrue(obj3.Array.Zip(obj.Array, (w1, w2) => w1.Item0 == w2.Item0 && w1.Item1 == w2.Item1).All(t => t));
Assert.IsTrue(obj3.Array[0].Item0 == obj.Array[0].Item0 && obj3.Array[0].Item1 == obj.Array[0].Item1);
Console.WriteLine("passed.");
Assert.IsTrue(JToken.Parse(json)
.SelectTokens("Array[*]")
.SelectTokens("Array[*]")
(a1, a2) => a1.Count >= a2.Count && a1.Zip(a2, (i1, i2) => JToken.DeepEquals(i1, i2)).All(b => b))
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " + Environment.Version);
Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");