JSON.net: how to deserialize without using the default constructor?

Question

I have a class that has a default constructor and also an overloaded constructor that takes in a set of parameters. These parameters match to fields on the object and are a

Answer 1

The default behaviour of Newtonsoft.Json is going to find the public constructors. If your default constructor is only used in containing class or the same assembly, you can reduce the access level to protected or internal so that Newtonsoft.Json will pick your desired public constructor.

Admittedly, this solution is rather very limited to specific cases.

internal Result() { }

public Result(int? code, string format, Dictionary details = null)
{
    Code = code ?? ERROR_CODE;
    Format = format;

    if (details == null)
        Details = new Dictionary();
    else
        Details = details;
}