.Net Core 3.0 JsonSerializer populate existing object

Question

I\'m preparing a migration from ASP.NET Core 2.2 to 3.0.

As I don\'t use more advanced JSON features (but maybe one as described below), and 3.0 now comes with a buil

Answer 1

The workaround can also be as simple as this (supports multi-level JSON as well):

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApp
{
    public class Model
    {
        public Model()
        {
            SubModel = new SubModel();
        }

        public string Title { get; set; }
        public string Head { get; set; }
        public string Link { get; set; }
        public SubModel SubModel { get; set; }
    }

    public class SubModel
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var model = new Model();

            Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.ToString(model));

            var json1 = "{ \"Title\": \"Startpage\", \"Link\": \"/index\" }";

            model = Map(model, json1);

            Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.ToString(model));

            var json2 = "{ \"Head\": \"Latest news\", \"Link\": \"/news\", \"SubModel\": { \"Name\": \"Reyan Chougle\" } }";

            model = Map(model, json2);

            Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.ToString(model));

            var json3 = "{ \"Head\": \"Latest news\", \"Link\": \"/news\", \"SubModel\": { \"Description\": \"I am a Software Engineer\" } }";

            model = Map(model, json3);

            Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.ToString(model));

            var json4 = "{ \"Head\": \"Latest news\", \"Link\": \"/news\", \"SubModel\": { \"Description\": \"I am a Software Programmer\" } }";

            model = Map(model, json4);

            Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.ToString(model));

            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        public static T Map(T obj, string jsonString) where T : class
        {
            var newObj = JsonSerializer.Parse(jsonString);

            foreach (var property in newObj.GetType().GetProperties())
            {
                if (obj.GetType().GetProperties().Any(x => x.Name == property.Name && property.GetValue(newObj) != null))
                {
                    if (property.GetType().IsClass && property.PropertyType.Assembly.FullName == typeof(T).Assembly.FullName)
                    {
                        MethodInfo mapMethod = typeof(Program).GetMethod("Map");
                        MethodInfo genericMethod = mapMethod.MakeGenericMethod(property.GetValue(newObj).GetType());
                        var obj2 = genericMethod.Invoke(null, new object[] { property.GetValue(newObj), JsonSerializer.ToString(property.GetValue(newObj)) });

                        foreach (var property2 in obj2.GetType().GetProperties())
                        {
                            if (property2.GetValue(obj2) != null)
                            {
                                property.GetValue(obj).GetType().GetProperty(property2.Name).SetValue(property.GetValue(obj), property2.GetValue(obj2));
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        property.SetValue(obj, property.GetValue(newObj));
                    }
                }
            }

            return obj;
        }
    }
}

Output: