Umbraco-CMS/src/Umbraco.Core/Serialization/JsonCreationConverter.cs

using System;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

namespace Umbraco.Core.Serialization
{

    internal abstract class JsonCreationConverter<T> : JsonConverter
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Create an instance of objectType, based properties in the JSON object
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="objectType">type of object expected</param>
        /// <param name="jObject">contents of JSON object that will be deserialized</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected abstract T Create(Type objectType, JObject jObject);

        public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
        {
            return typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(objectType);
        }

        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            // Load JObject from stream
            var jObject = JObject.Load(reader);

            // Create target object based on JObject
            var target = Create(objectType, jObject);

            Deserialize(jObject, target, serializer);

            return target;
        }

        protected virtual void Deserialize(JObject jObject, T target, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            // Populate the object properties
            serializer.Populate(jObject.CreateReader(), target);
        }

        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
        {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }
}