Registering UdiJsonConverter globally so that we can migrate EntityBasic to Umbraco.Core

src/Umbraco.Core/Models/ContentEditing/EntityBasic.cs

@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Validation;
-using Umbraco.Core.Serialization;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
 {
@@ -28,7 +26,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
 
         [DataMember(Name = "udi")]
         [ReadOnly(true)]
-        [JsonConverter(typeof(UdiJsonConverter))]
         public Udi Udi { get; set; }
 
         [DataMember(Name = "icon")]
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing
         /// The path of the entity
         /// </summary>
         [DataMember(Name = "path")]
-        public string Path { get; set; }      
+        public string Path { get; set; }
         /// <summary>
         /// A collection of extra data that is available for this specific entity/entity type
         /// </summary>

src/Umbraco.Web.Common/ModelBinding/UmbracoJsonModelBinderProvider.cs

@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ModelBinding.Binders;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool;
 using System.Buffers;
-using System.Reflection;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+using Umbraco.Core.Serialization;
 using Umbraco.Web.Common.Formatters;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Common.ModelBinding
@@ -32,6 +30,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Common.ModelBinding
 
             var ss = jsonOptions.SerializerSettings; // Just use the defaults as base
 
+            // Register UdiJsonConverter globally
+            ss.Converters.Add(new UdiJsonConverter());
+
             // We need to ignore required attributes when serializing. E.g UserSave.ChangePassword. Otherwise the model is not model bound.
             ss.ContractResolver = new IgnoreRequiredAttributesResolver();
             return new IInputFormatter[]