Convert JObject to System.Object using runtime type

Question

I have a big JSON string I receive from a third-party library (so, I'm unable to change its format). I deserialize it using JsonConvert.DeserializeObject. Then, two properties of this newly created object are: JObject and its corresponding System.Type. So, I need to implement the method below to parse it to System.Object of known at runtime System.Type.

object ConvertJObjectToObject(Type t, JObject o)
{
    return ........
}

JObject.ToObject is a generic method and works only with compile-type types. JsonConvert.DeserializeObject requires JSON string as its first argument, but I have parsed JObject on this stage, and do not want to call ToString() on JObject.

Is there any elegant way to accomplish this?

George Polevoy · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-29 10:17:57Z

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There is an overload that takes Type as parameter:

return o.ToObject(t);

answered Sep 29, 2014 at 10:17

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Denis Over a year ago

Not sure why, but my JSON.NET does not have such method.

Denis Over a year ago

Well, okay. I figured out the reason. 4.5 version of JSON.NET does not have this feature, current version 6.0 has. Thx, valid answer.

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