using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Reflection;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = @"

            {

              ""a"": ""1"",

              ""b"": ""string"",

              ""c"": [

                ""1994-11-05T08:15:30-05:00 Text1. Text2."",

                ""1993-12-03T08:15:30-05:00 Text1b. Text2b.""

              ]

            }";

        A a = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<A>(json);

        Console.WriteLine("a: " + a.a);

        Console.WriteLine("b: " + a.b);

        int idx = 0;

        foreach (var obj in a.c)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("c[{0}] date:  {1}", idx, obj.date));

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("c[{0}] text1: {1}", idx, obj.text1));

            Console.WriteLine(string.Format("c[{0}] text2: {1}", idx, obj.text2));

            idx++;

        }

    }

}

​

class A

{

    public int a;

    public string b;

    public List<CustomObject> c;

}

​

[JsonConverter(typeof(ConstructFromStringConverter))]

class CustomObject

{

    public DateTime date;

    public string text1;

    public string text2;

    public CustomObject(string constructString)

    {

        string[] parts = constructString.Split(' ');

        date = DateTime.Parse(parts[0]);

        text1 = parts[1];

        text2 = parts[2];

    }

}

​

class ConstructFromStringConverter : JsonConverter

{

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

    {

        ConstructorInfo ctor = objectType.GetConstructor(new Type[] { typeof(string) });

        if (ctor != null)

        {

            return ctor.Invoke(new object[] { (string)reader.Value });

        }

        throw new JsonException(objectType.Name + " does not have a public constructor that accepts a string.");

    }

    public override bool CanWrite

    {

        get { return false; }

    }

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

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

​

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

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

        return false;

    }

​

}

​