using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Web.Routing;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
public abstract class ComplexConverterBase : JsonConverter
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
return objectType == typeof(Complex) || objectType == typeof(Complex?);
public class ComplexArrayConverter : ComplexConverterBase
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
var array = serializer.Deserialize<double[]>(reader);
throw new JsonSerializationException(string.Format("Invalid complex number array of length {0}", array.Length));
return new Complex(array[0], array[1]);
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
var complex = (Complex)value;
writer.WriteStartArray();
writer.WriteValue(complex.Real);
writer.WriteValue(complex.Imaginary);
public class ComplexObjectConverter : ComplexConverterBase
public double Real { get; set; }
public double Imaginary { get; set; }
public static implicit operator Complex(ComplexSurrogate surrogate)
return new Complex(surrogate.Real, surrogate.Imaginary);
public static implicit operator ComplexSurrogate(Complex complex)
return new ComplexSurrogate { Real = complex.Real, Imaginary = complex.Imaginary };
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
return (Complex)serializer.Deserialize<ComplexSurrogate>(reader);
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
serializer.Serialize(writer, (ComplexSurrogate)(Complex)value);
public class ComplexMathJSConverter : ComplexConverterBase
[JsonProperty(Order = 1)]
public double re { get; set; }
[JsonProperty(Order = 2)]
public double im { get; set; }
[JsonProperty(Order = 0)]
public string mathjs { get { return "Complex"; } }
public static implicit operator Complex(ComplexSurrogate surrogate)
return new Complex(surrogate.re, surrogate.im);
public static implicit operator ComplexSurrogate(Complex complex)
return new ComplexSurrogate { re = complex.Real, im = complex.Imaginary };
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
return (Complex)serializer.Deserialize<ComplexSurrogate>(reader);
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
serializer.Serialize(writer, (ComplexSurrogate)(Complex)value);
public Electrical Electrical { get; set; }
public Impedance Impedance { get; set; }
public Complex Z0 { get; set; }
public Complex Z1 { get; set; }
public static void Test()
Console.WriteLine("Testing ComplexArrayConverter...");
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
Converters = { new ComplexArrayConverter() },
Console.WriteLine("Testing ComplexMathJSConverter...");
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
Converters = { new ComplexMathJSConverter() },
Console.WriteLine("Testing ComplexObjectConverter...");
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
Converters = { new ComplexObjectConverter() },
Console.WriteLine("Testing ComplexObjectConverter with CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver...");
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
Converters = { new ComplexObjectConverter() },
ContractResolver = new CamelCasePropertyNamesContractResolver(),
public static void Test(JsonSerializerSettings settings)
var calculation = new Calculation
Electrical = new Electrical
Impedance = new Impedance
Z0 = new Complex(0.0017923713150000001, 0),
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(calculation, settings);
Console.WriteLine("Serialized JSON: ");
var calculation2 = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Calculation>(json, settings);
var json2 = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(calculation, settings);
Console.WriteLine("Deserialized and reserialized JSON: ");
Console.WriteLine(json2);
Assert.IsTrue(calculation.Electrical.Impedance.Z0 == calculation.Electrical.Impedance.Z0);
Assert.IsTrue(calculation.Electrical.Impedance.Z1 == calculation.Electrical.Impedance.Z1);
Console.WriteLine("Z0 and Z1 were serialized and deserialized successfully.");
public class AssertionFailedException : System.Exception
public AssertionFailedException() : base() { }
public AssertionFailedException(string s) : base(s) { }
public static class Assert
public static void IsTrue(bool value)
throw new AssertionFailedException("failed");
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);