Using System.Type as at runtime when deserializing with Json.Net

Question

I have a process that needs to be able to call on a function in the following manner.

public static Task Convert(string payload, Type type)
{
          


        

Answer 1

You do not need to jump through hoops. JsonConvert.DeserializeObject has a non-generic overload that accepts a Type.

public static Task<string> Convert(string payload, Type type)
{
    JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings().Configure();//<--- Pull in extension methods to handle custom types
    return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(payload, type), settings));
}