From 79bf9b753caf97a55d474c5c6db8821a33ca398f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Howarth <322383+benjaminhowarth1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:54:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #2996 resubmitting ContentExtensions and ObjectExtensions
 fixes (#6473)

---
 src/Umbraco.Core/ObjectExtensions.cs | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/ObjectExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/ObjectExtensions.cs
index 479e425c99..5c1c5fdeac 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/ObjectExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/ObjectExtensions.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ using System.Linq.Expressions;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Xml;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core.Collections;
+using Formatting = Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core
 {
@@ -125,6 +128,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core
                     return Attempt.Succeed(input);
                 }
 
+                if (target == typeof(string) && inputType == typeof(JObject))
+                {
+                    return Attempt<object>.Succeed(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(input, Formatting.None));
+                }
+
                 // Check for string so that overloaders of ToString() can take advantage of the conversion.
                 if (target == typeof(string))
                 {