JES.NET Tuple deserialization <...> inside another type not working?

Question

Using Json.net, deserializing the type containing Tuple<...>does not work (serialization works, but deserialization does not work):

[TestMethod]
public void Test()
{
    var orig = new TupleHolder("what????", true);
    var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(orig);
    Assert.AreEqual("{\"Tup\":{\"Item1\":\"what????\",\"Item2\":true}}", json);
    // great! serialization works like a charm! now let test deserialization:
    var dupl = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TupleHolder>(json);

    Assert.AreEqual("ZZZ", dupl.Tup.Item1); // pass! but it should be "what????"... what????
    Assert.AreEqual(false, dupl.Tup.Item2); // pass! but it should be "true", right???

    Assert.AreEqual(orig.Tup.Item1, dupl.Tup.Item1); // fail!
    Assert.AreEqual(orig.Tup.Item2, dupl.Tup.Item2); // fail!
}

public class TupleHolder
{
    public Tuple<string, bool> Tup { get; set; }
    public TupleHolder() { Tup = new Tuple<string, bool>("ZZZ", false); }
    public TupleHolder(string s, bool b) { Tup = new Tuple<string, bool>(s, b); }
}

It's funny that direct deserialization Tuple<...>works:

[TestMethod]
public void Test2()
{
    var orig = new Tuple<string, bool>("ABC", true);
    var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(orig);
    var dupl = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Tuple<string, bool>>(json);
    Assert.AreEqual(orig, dupl); // direct deserialization of Tuple<...> works.
}

Is this a Json.NET error or am I missing something?

Answer 1

The solution — or mine, anyway — is to define a custom converter for Tuple.

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    public class TupleConverter : Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter
    {
        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
        {
            return typeof(Tuple<string, bool>) == objectType;
        }

        public override object ReadJson(
            Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader reader,
            Type objectType,
            object existingValue,
            Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            if (reader.TokenType == Newtonsoft.Json.JsonToken.Null)
                return null;

            var jObject = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Load(reader);

            var target = new Tuple<string, bool>(
                (string)jObject["Item1"], (bool)jObject["Item2"]);

            return target;
        }

        public override void WriteJson(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter writer, object value, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            serializer.Serialize(writer, value);
        }
    }

    public class TupleHolder
    {
        [Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter(typeof(TupleConverter))]
        public Tuple<string, bool> Tup { get; set; }
        public TupleHolder() { Tup = new Tuple<string, bool>("ZZZ", false); }
        public TupleHolder(string s, bool b) { Tup = new Tuple<string, bool>(s, b); }
    }

    [Test]
    public void Test()
    {
        var orig = new TupleHolder("what????", true);
        var json = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(orig);

        Assert.AreEqual("{\"Tup\":{\"Item1\":\"what????\",\"Item2\":true}}", json);

        var dupl = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TupleHolder>(json);

        // These succeed, now
        Assert.AreEqual(orig.Tup.Item1, dupl.Tup.Item1);
        Assert.AreEqual(orig.Tup.Item2, dupl.Tup.Item2);
    }

Answer 2

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public class TupleConverter<U, V> : Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter
{
    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
    {
        return typeof(Tuple<U, V>) == objectType;
    }

    public override object ReadJson(
        Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader reader,
        Type objectType,
        object existingValue,
        Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        if (reader.TokenType == Newtonsoft.Json.JsonToken.Null)
            return null;

        var jObject = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Load(reader);

        var target = new Tuple<U, V>(
            jObject["m_Item1"].ToObject<U>(), jObject["m_Item2"].ToObject<V>());

        return target;
    }

    public override void WriteJson(Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter writer, object value, Newtonsoft.Json.JsonSerializer serializer)
    {
        serializer.Serialize(writer, value);
    }
}

. Tuple JSON, m_Item1 m_Item2, jObject["ItemX"] jObject["m_ItemX"]

List<Tuple<int, User>>:

string result = "String to deserialize";
JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();
settings.Converters.Add(new TupleConverter<int, User>());
List<Tuple<int, User>> users = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Tuple<int, User>>>(result, settings);