parsing an enumeration in JSON.net

Question

i\'m using JSON.net (maybe v3.5ish? it\'s from oct. 2010). and i\'m trying to deserialize some json into an enumeration:

geometryType: \"esriGeometryPolygon\"

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Answer 1

According to JSON.NET documentation, default behavior is to use int value for Enums : http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/SerializationGuide.html

You can change that by adding a JsonConverter attribute with StringEnumConverter on your enum...

/// <summary>
/// The geometry type.
/// </summary>
[DataContract]
[JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
public enum GeometryType

Documentation: Serialize with JsonConverters