using System;

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;

using System.IO;

using System.Data;

using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using System.Globalization;

using System.Reflection;

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using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;    

​

//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49477787/deserialization-of-stack

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    /// Converter for any Stack<T> that prevents Json.NET from reversing its order when deserializing.

    /// </summary>

    public class StackConverter : JsonConverter

    {

        // Prevent Json.NET from reversing the order of a Stack<T> when deserializing.

        // https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/issues/971

        static Type StackParameterType(Type objectType)

        {

            while (objectType != null)

            {

                if (objectType.IsGenericType)

                {

                    var genericType = objectType.GetGenericTypeDefinition();

                    if (genericType == typeof(Stack<>))

                        return objectType.GetGenericArguments()[0];

                }

                objectType = objectType.BaseType;

            }

            return null;

        }

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

        {

            return StackParameterType(objectType) != null;

        }

        object ReadJsonGeneric<T>(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)

        {

            if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)

                return null;

            var list = serializer.Deserialize<List<T>>(reader);

            var stack = existingValue as Stack<T> ?? (Stack<T>)serializer.ContractResolver.ResolveContract(objectType).DefaultCreator();

            for (int i = list.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--)

                stack.Push(list[i]);

            return stack;

        }

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

        {

            if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)

                return null;

            try

            {

                var parameterType = StackParameterType(objectType);

                var method = GetType().GetMethod("ReadJsonGeneric", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public);

                var genericMethod = method.MakeGenericMethod(new[] { parameterType });

                return genericMethod.Invoke(this, new object[] { reader, objectType, existingValue, serializer });

            }

            catch (TargetInvocationException ex)

            {

                // Wrap the TargetInvocationException in a JsonSerializerException

                throw new JsonSerializationException("Failed to deserialize " + objectType, ex);

            }

        }

        public override bool CanWrite { get { return false; } }

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

        {

            throw new NotImplementedException();

        }

    }

​

    public class Card

    {

        public string Name { get; set; }

    }

​

    public class Game 

    {

        public Game() { this.cards =  new Stack<Card>(); }

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        [JsonConstructor]       

        Game(Stack<Card> cards)

        {

            this.cards = cards ??  new Stack<Card>();

        }

        readonly Stack<Card> cards;

        public Stack<Card> Cards { get { return cards; } }

    }

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    class TestClass

    {

        public static void Test()

        {

            var game = new Game();

            game.Cards.Push(new Card() { Name = "Whatever" });

            game.Cards.Push(new Card() { Name = "Whatever2" });

            string ser = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(game);

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            var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings

            {

                Converters = { new StackConverter() },

            };          

            var unser = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Game>(ser, settings);     

            var json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(unser, settings);

            Console.WriteLine(json2);

            Assert.IsTrue(game.Cards.Select(c => c.Name).SequenceEqual(unser.Cards.Select(c => c.Name)));

        }

    }

​

​

    public class Program

    {

        public static void Main()

        {

            Console.WriteLine("Environment version: " + Environment.Version);

            Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);

            Console.WriteLine();

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            try

            {

                TestClass.Test();

            }

            catch (Exception ex)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");

                Console.WriteLine(ex);

                throw;

            }

        }

    }

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    public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception

    {

        public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }

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        public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }

    }

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    public static class Assert

    {

        public static void IsTrue(bool value)

        {

            IsTrue(value, "failed");

        }

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        public static void IsTrue(bool value, string message)

        {

            if (value == false)

                throw new AssertionFailedException(message ?? "failed");

        }

    }

​