using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using JsonFlatten; // https://www.nuget.org/packages/JsonFlatten

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        var json = @"{ 'array': [ 1, 2, 3 ], 'boolean': true, 'number': 123, 'object': { 'a': 'b', 'c': 'd', 'e': 'f' }, 'date': '2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z', 'string': 'Hello World', 'null': null, 'emptyString': '', 'emptyObject': {}, 'emptyArray': [] }";

        JObject jObj = JObject.Parse(json);

        var json2 = @"{ 'array': [ 1, 2, 3 ], 'number': 123, 'object': { 'a': 'b', 'c': 'd', 'e': 'f' }, 'date': '2014-01-01T23:28:56.782Z', 'boolean': true, 'string': 'Hello World', 'null': null, 'emptyString': '', 'emptyObject': {}, 'emptyArray': [] }";

        JObject jObj2 = JObject.Parse(json);

        // Flatten a JObject to a dictionary. 

        // You can also use: Dictionary<string, object> flattened = new Dictionary<string, object>(jObj.Flatten());

        var flattened = jObj.Flatten();     

        WriteLine(jObj.Flatten().Unflatten().EqualTo(jObj2));

        WriteLine(jObj.Flatten().Unflatten().EqualTo(json2));

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    }

    public static Action<object> WriteLine = (msg) => Console.WriteLine("\r\n" + msg.ToString() + "\r\n");

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    public static string ToDebugString<TKey, TValue>(IDictionary<TKey, TValue> dictionary)  => "{\r\n\t" + string.Join(",\r\n\t", dictionary.Select(kv => kv.Key + " = " + kv.Value).ToArray()) + "\r\n}";

}

​

    public static class ObjectHelpers

    {

        public static string SerializeObject<T>(this T toSerialize) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(toSerialize, new JsonSerializerSettings()

        {

            Formatting = Formatting.None

        });

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        /// <summary>

        /// Deep compares two objects. 

        /// </summary>

        /// <remarks>NOTE: If either object param is a string then it will be assumed that the string is a serialized object.</remarks>

        /// <param name="obj"></param>

        /// <param name="toCompare"></param>

        /// <returns></returns>

        public static bool EqualTo(this object obj, object toCompare)

        {

            var tempObj = obj is string

                ? JObject.Parse((string)obj)

                : JToken.FromObject(obj);

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            var tempToCompare = toCompare is string

                ? JObject.Parse((string)toCompare)

                : JToken.FromObject(toCompare);

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            return JToken.DeepEquals(tempObj, tempToCompare);

        }

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        public static bool IsBlank<T>(this T obj) where T : new()

        {

            var blank = new T();

            var newObj = obj;

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            return newObj.SerializeObject() == blank.SerializeObject();

        }

    }