using System;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string jsonWithPosts = " {\"posts\": [{ \"id\" : 1, \"name\":\"post1\" },{ \"id\" : 1, \"name\":\"post1\" }]}";

        var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();

        settings.Converters = new [] { new PostsConverter() };

        GetReaderResponse resp = 

            JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GetReaderResponse>(jsonWithPosts, settings);

        Console.WriteLine("With posts:");

        resp.Dump();

        string jsonWithoutPosts = "{\"posts\": false}";

        Console.WriteLine("Without posts:");

        GetReaderResponse resp2 = 

            JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<GetReaderResponse>(jsonWithoutPosts, settings);

        resp2.Dump();

    }

}

​

public class PostsConverter : JsonConverter

{

    public override object ReadJson(

        JsonReader reader,

        Type objectType,

        object existingValue,

        JsonSerializer serializer)

    {

        JToken val = JValue.ReadFrom(reader);

        object result = null;

​

        if (val.Type == JTokenType.Array)

        {

            result = val.ToObject<IEnumerable<ReaderPost>>();

        }

        else if (val.Type == JTokenType.Boolean)

        {

​

            result = Enumerable.Empty<ReaderPost>();

        }

​

        return result;

    }

​

    public override void WriteJson(

        JsonWriter writer,

        object value,

        JsonSerializer serializer)

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

​

    public override bool CanConvert (Type type)

    {

        return typeof(IEnumerable<ReaderPost>).IsAssignableFrom(type);

    }

​

    public override bool CanRead

    {

        get { return true; }

    }

}

​

public class GetReaderResponse

{

    public IEnumerable<ReaderPost> posts { get; set; }

}

​

public class ReaderPost

{

    public int id { get; set; }

    public string name { get; set; }

}