#region License // Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King // // Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person // obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation // files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without // restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, // copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell // copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the // Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following // conditions: // // The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be // included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. // // THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, // EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES // OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND // NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT // HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, // WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING // FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR // OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. #endregion using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Text; using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters; #if DNXCORE50 using Xunit; using Test = Xunit.FactAttribute; using Assert = Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.XUnitAssert; #else using NUnit.Framework; #endif namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Documentation.Samples.Serializer { [TestFixture] public class DeserializeCustomCreationConverter : TestFixtureBase { #region Types public class Person { public string FirstName { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } public DateTime BirthDate { get; set; } } public class Employee : Person { public string Department { get; set; } public string JobTitle { get; set; } } public class PersonConverter : CustomCreationConverter { public override Person Create(Type objectType) { return new Employee(); } } #endregion [Test] public void Example() { #region Usage string json = @"{ 'Department': 'Furniture', 'JobTitle': 'Carpenter', 'FirstName': 'John', 'LastName': 'Joinery', 'BirthDate': '1983-02-02T00:00:00' }"; Person person = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json, new PersonConverter()); Console.WriteLine(person.GetType().Name); // Employee Employee employee = (Employee)person; Console.WriteLine(employee.JobTitle); // Carpenter #endregion Assert.AreEqual("Carpenter", employee.JobTitle); } } }