gswi-server/gswi/JSONConverter/JsonCreationConverter.cs

using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using NLog;

namespace gswi.JSONConverter
{
    public abstract class JsonCreationConverter<T> : JsonConverter
    {
        static Logger _logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();

        protected abstract T Create(Type objectType, JObject jObject);

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
        {
            return typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(objectType);
        }

        public override bool CanWrite
        {
            get { return false; }
        }

        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader,
                                        Type objectType,
                                         object existingValue,
                                         JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            try
            {
                // Load JObject from stream
                JObject jObject = JObject.Load(reader);

                // Create target object based on JObject
                T target = Create(objectType, jObject);

                // Populate the object properties
                serializer.Populate(jObject.CreateReader(), target);

                return target;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                _logger.Error(e);
                return null;
            }
        }

        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {

        }
    }
}