Deserializing an unknown type in JSON.NET

Question

I just got a hold of JSON.NET and its been great so far.

However, I cannot figure out how to determine the type of a serialized object when deserializing it.

How can I determine the object's class to cast it?

To clarify my question, let's say I wanted to do this

string json = <<some json i don't know>>
var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
if (data is Person)
{
   //do something
}
else if (data is Order)
{
   //do something else
}

Does Json.NET support this kind of functionality?

Answer 1

you can use dynamic type

JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(JSONtext)

Answer 2

it may help you

IDictionary < string, JToken > Jsondata = JObject.Parse(yourJsonString);
   foreach(KeyValuePair < string, JToken > element in Jsondata)
    {
           string innerKey = element.Key;
            if (element.Value is JArray)
             {
                  // Process JArray
             }
            else if (element.Value is JObject) 
            { 
                  // Process JObject
            }
   }