using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.IO;

using System.Threading;

using System.Collections.ObjectModel;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;

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public interface ILink

{

    //string Type { get; set; }

}

public class Link

{

    [JsonProperty("@rel")]

    public string rel { get; set; }

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    [JsonProperty("@type")]

    public string type { get; set; }

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    [JsonProperty("@href")]

    public string href { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("@title")]

    public string title { get; set; }

}

public class LinkElement : ILink

{

    [JsonProperty("@rel")]

    public string rel { get; set; }

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    [JsonProperty("@type")]

    public string type { get; set; }

​

    [JsonProperty("@href")]

    public string href { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("@title")]

    public string title { get; set; }

    //public string Type { get; set; }

}

​

public class LinkArray : ILink

{

    public List<Link> Elements { get; set; }

    //public string Type { get; set; }

}

public class LinkConverter : JsonConverter

{

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        return typeof(Link).IsAssignableFrom(objectType);

    }

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

    {

        if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)

            return null;

        try

        {

            return serializer.Deserialize<LinkArray>(reader);

        }

        catch (Exception ex1)

        {

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            try

            {

                return serializer.Deserialize<LinkElement>(reader);

            }

            catch (Exception ex2)

            {

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                throw;

            }

        }

    }

​

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

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

}

public class Entry

{

    [JsonConverter(typeof(LinkConverter))]

    public ILink link { get; set; }

}

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json1 = @"{

            ""link"": [

                {

                    ""@rel"": ""inline"",

                    ""@href"": ""v1""

                },

                {

                    ""@rel"": ""inline"",

                    ""@href"": ""v2""

                }

            ]

        }";

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        string json2 = @"{

            ""link"": {

                ""@rel"": ""self"",

                ""@href"": ""vp1"",

                ""@title"": ""Pa""

            }

        }";

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        var foo3 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Entry>(json1);

        var foo4 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Entry>(json2);

    }

}

​

​

​

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