How to get the name of from generic type and pass it into JsonProperty()?

Question

I get the following error with the code below:

\"An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property \'Response.PropName\'

Answer 1

@Thomas Levesque: OK. So let's say that you can't extend JObject in Response because you need to extend a pre-existing Response class. Here's another way you could implement the same solution:

public class Payload : Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject  {
    private static string TypeName = (typeof(T)).Name;
    private T _data;

    public T Data {
        get { return _data; }
        set {
            _data = value;
            this[TypeName] = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JToken.FromObject(_data);
        }
    }
}

 //Response is a pre-existing class...
public class Response: Response { 
    private Payload Value;

    public Response(T arg)  {
        Value = new Payload() { Data = arg };            
    }

    public static implicit operator JObject(Response arg) {
        return arg.Value;
    }

    public string Serialize() {
        return Value.ToString();
    }
}

So now there are the following options to Serialize the class:

   static void Main(string[] args) {
        var p1 = new Response(5);
        var p2 = new Response("Message");
        JObject p3 = new Response(0.0);
        var p4 = (JObject) new Response(DateTime.Now);

        Console.Out.WriteLine(p1.Serialize());
        Console.Out.WriteLine(p2.Serialize());
        Console.Out.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(p3));
        Console.Out.WriteLine(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(p4));
    }

The Output will look something like this:

{"Int32":5}
{"String":"Message"}
{"Double":0.0}
{"DateTime":"2016-08-25T00:18:31.4882199-04:00"}