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

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