Deserializing an unknown type in JSON.NET

Question

I just got a hold of JSON.NET and its been great so far.

However, I cannot figure out how to determine the type of a serialized object when

Answer 1

it may help you

IDictionary < string, JToken > Jsondata = JObject.Parse(yourJsonString);
   foreach(KeyValuePair < string, JToken > element in Jsondata)
    {
           string innerKey = element.Key;
            if (element.Value is JArray)
             {
                  // Process JArray
             }
            else if (element.Value is JObject) 
            { 
                  // Process JObject
            }
   }

Answer 2

you can use dynamic type

JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(JSONtext)

Answer 3

In case you control the serialization, you can use the TypeNameHandling setting

var settings = new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.All };
var toBeSerialized = settings; // use the settings as an example data to be serialized

var serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(toBeSerialized, Formatting.Indented, settings);
var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(serialized, settings);

var deserializedType = deserialized.GetType().Name; // JsonSerializerSettings