One way of deserializing interface and abstract properties is a class is by setting TypeNameHandling to Auto during serialization and deserialization. However, when I try the same when serializing and deserializing an interface object directly, it does not work -
interface ISample
{
string Key { get; set; }
}
class A : ISample
{
public string Key { get; set; }
public A(string key)
{
this.Key = key;
}
}
class B : ISample
{
public string Key { get; set; }
public B(string key)
{
this.Key = key;
}
}
Serialization and deserialization code -
ISample a = new A("keyA");
ISample b = new B("keyB");
var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
settings.TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto;
var stringA = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(a, settings);
var stringB = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(b, settings);
Console.WriteLine(stringA);
Console.WriteLine(stringB);
a = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ISample>(stringA, settings);
b = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ISample>(stringB, settings);
I noticed that even when setting TypeNameHandling.Auto the type information is not present in the serialized string. However, settings TypeNameHandling to Object or All works.
Am I missing something basic here?
JSON is a format that encodes objects in a string. Serialization means to convert an object into that string, and deserialization is its inverse operation (convert string -> object).
Newtonsoft. Json package is not provided by RestSharp, is marked as obsolete on NuGet, and no longer supported by its creator.
Serialization is the process of converting . NET objects such as strings into a JSON format and deserialization is the process of converting JSON data into . NET objects.
To enable output of $type
information at the root level for a polymorphic object with TypeNameHandling.Auto
, use the following overload: JsonConvert.SerializeObject Method (Object, Type, JsonSerializerSettings)
. From the docs:
public static string SerializeObject( Object value, Type type, JsonSerializerSettings settings )
type Type: System.Type The type of the value being serialized. This parameter is used when TypeNameHandling is Auto to write out the type name if the type of the value does not match. Specifing the type is optional.
In your case, you would do:
var stringA = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(a, typeof(ISample), settings);
var stringB = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(b, typeof(ISample), settings);
Console.WriteLine(stringA);
Console.WriteLine(stringB);
And get the result:
{"$type":"Tile.TestJsonDotNet.A, Tile","Key":"keyA"}
{"$type":"Tile.TestJsonDotNet.B, Tile","Key":"keyB"}
Do take note of this caution from the Newtonsoft docs:
TypeNameHandling should be used with caution when your application deserializes JSON from an external source. Incoming types should be validated with a custom SerializationBinder when deserializing with a value other than None.
For a discussion of why this may be necessary, see TypeNameHandling caution in Newtonsoft Json, How to configure Json.NET to create a vulnerable web API, and Alvaro Muñoz & Oleksandr Mirosh's blackhat paper https://www.blackhat.com/docs/us-17/thursday/us-17-Munoz-Friday-The-13th-JSON-Attacks-wp.pdf
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