System.Security.Permissions missing when invoking JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T> in .NET Core 2.0

Question

I am currently looking at using .NET Core 2.0 so that I can run my app on multiple platforms.

One thing I need to do is take an incoming string and deseralise it into an object. e.g.

var resultingObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyDataContract>(request);

In full .NET, this would run and return me my object. However in .NET Core 2.0 I get the following exception

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Security.Permissions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=cc7b13ffcd2ddd51'. The system cannot find the file specified.
at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonTypeReflector.get_DynamicCodeGeneration()
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonTypeReflector.get_ReflectionDelegateFactory()
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.DefaultContractResolver.GetDefaultCreator(Type createdType)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.DefaultContractResolver.InitializeContract(JsonContract contract)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.DefaultContractResolver.CreateObjectContract(Type objectType)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.DefaultContractResolver.CreateContract(Type objectType)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.DefaultContractResolver.ResolveContract(Type type)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.Deserialize(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Boolean checkAdditionalContent)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer.DeserializeInternal(JsonReader reader, Type objectType)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(String value, Type type, JsonSerializerSettings settings)
 at Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject[T](String value, JsonSerializerSettings settings)

After some reading around I found this on StackOverflow which suggests that this kind of operation is not permitted in .NET Core https://stackoverflow.com/a/38385774/1211743

Does anyone have any insight?

Answer 1

This was due to a lack of understanding of how .NET Core works. I opened up the csproj and added a reference to the required file 'System.Security.Permissions' and reloaded the project. At this point, nuget resolved it. Json.NET now works as expected.