using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
public static class JsonExtensions
public static JProperty Rename(this JProperty old, string newName)
throw new ArgumentNullException();
var @new = new JProperty(newName, value);
public static JProperty MoveTo(this JToken token, JObject newParent)
if (newParent == null || token == null)
throw new ArgumentNullException();
var toMove = (token as JProperty ?? token.Parent as JProperty);
throw new ArgumentException("Incoming token does not belong to an object.");
if (toMove.Parent == newParent)
public static void Test()
foreach (var myEventHubMessage in GetJson())
Console.WriteLine("\nInput JSON:");
Console.WriteLine(myEventHubMessage);
var msg = JObject.Parse(myEventHubMessage);
msg.Property("data_in")?.Rename("data");
msg["data"]?["ts"]?.MoveTo(msg);
msg["data"]?["timestamp"]?.MoveTo(msg);
msg.Property("timestamp")?.Rename("ts");
Console.WriteLine("Re-serialized JSON:");
static IEnumerable<string> GetJson()
""product"": ""testprod"",
""ts"": ""2020-01-27T19:29:34Z""
""product"": ""testprod"",
""ts"": ""2020-01-27T19:29:34Z"",
""product"": ""testprod"",
""timestamp"": ""2020-01-27T19:29:34Z"",
public static void Main()
Console.WriteLine("Environment version: {0} ({1})", System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.FrameworkDescription , GetNetCoreVersion());
Console.WriteLine("Json.NET version: " + typeof(JsonSerializer).Assembly.FullName);
Console.WriteLine("Failed with unhandled exception: ");
public static string GetNetCoreVersion()
var assembly = typeof(System.Runtime.GCSettings).GetTypeInfo().Assembly;
var assemblyPath = assembly.CodeBase.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
int netCoreAppIndex = Array.IndexOf(assemblyPath, "Microsoft.NETCore.App");
if (netCoreAppIndex > 0 && netCoreAppIndex < assemblyPath.Length - 2)
return assemblyPath[netCoreAppIndex + 1];