/// <summary>
 /// Writes the JSON representation of the object.
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="writer">The <see cref="JsonWriter"/> to write to.</param>
 /// <param name="value">The value.</param>
 /// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param>
 public abstract void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer);
        internal static void WriteValue(JsonWriter writer, PrimitiveTypeCode typeCode, object value)
        {
            switch (typeCode)
            {
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Char:
                    writer.WriteValue((char)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.CharNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (char?)null : (char)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Boolean:
                    writer.WriteValue((bool)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.BooleanNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (bool?)null : (bool)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.SByte:
                    writer.WriteValue((sbyte)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.SByteNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (sbyte?)null : (sbyte)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int16:
                    writer.WriteValue((short)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int16Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (short?)null : (short)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt16:
                    writer.WriteValue((ushort)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt16Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (ushort?)null : (ushort)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int32:
                    writer.WriteValue((int)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int32Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (int?)null : (int)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Byte:
                    writer.WriteValue((byte)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.ByteNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (byte?)null : (byte)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt32:
                    writer.WriteValue((uint)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt32Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (uint?)null : (uint)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int64:
                    writer.WriteValue((long)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Int64Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (long?)null : (long)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt64:
                    writer.WriteValue((ulong)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.UInt64Nullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (ulong?)null : (ulong)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Single:
                    writer.WriteValue((float)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.SingleNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (float?)null : (float)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Double:
                    writer.WriteValue((double)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DoubleNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (double?)null : (double)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DateTime:
                    writer.WriteValue((DateTime)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DateTimeNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (DateTime?)null : (DateTime)value);
                    break;
#if !NET20
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DateTimeOffset:
                    writer.WriteValue((DateTimeOffset)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DateTimeOffsetNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (DateTimeOffset?)null : (DateTimeOffset)value);
                    break;
#endif
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Decimal:
                    writer.WriteValue((decimal)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DecimalNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (decimal?)null : (decimal)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Guid:
                    writer.WriteValue((Guid)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.GuidNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (Guid?)null : (Guid)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.TimeSpan:
                    writer.WriteValue((TimeSpan)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.TimeSpanNullable:
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (TimeSpan?)null : (TimeSpan)value);
                    break;
#if !(PORTABLE || PORTABLE40 || NET35 || NET20)
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.BigInteger:
                    // this will call to WriteValue(object)
                    writer.WriteValue((BigInteger)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.BigIntegerNullable:
                    // this will call to WriteValue(object)
                    writer.WriteValue((value == null) ? (BigInteger?)null : (BigInteger)value);
                    break;
#endif
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Uri:
                    writer.WriteValue((Uri)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.String:
                    writer.WriteValue((string)value);
                    break;
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.Bytes:
                    writer.WriteValue((byte[])value);
                    break;
#if !(PORTABLE || NETFX_CORE)
                case PrimitiveTypeCode.DBNull:
                    writer.WriteNull();
                    break;
#endif
                default:
#if !(PORTABLE || NETFX_CORE)
                    if (value is IConvertible)
                    {
                        // the value is a non-standard IConvertible
                        // convert to the underlying value and retry
                        IConvertible convertable = (IConvertible)value;

                        TypeInformation typeInformation = ConvertUtils.GetTypeInformation(convertable);

                        // if convertable has an underlying typecode of Object then attempt to convert it to a string
                        PrimitiveTypeCode resolvedTypeCode = (typeInformation.TypeCode == PrimitiveTypeCode.Object) ? PrimitiveTypeCode.String : typeInformation.TypeCode;
                        Type resolvedType = (typeInformation.TypeCode == PrimitiveTypeCode.Object) ? typeof(string) : typeInformation.Type;

                        object convertedValue = convertable.ToType(resolvedType, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

                        WriteValue(writer, resolvedTypeCode, convertedValue);
                        break;
                    }
                    else
#endif
                    {
                        throw CreateUnsupportedTypeException(writer, value);
                    }
            }
        }
 private static JsonWriterException CreateUnsupportedTypeException(JsonWriter writer, object value)
 {
     return JsonWriterException.Create(writer, "Unsupported type: {0}. Use the JsonSerializer class to get the object's JSON representation.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, value.GetType()), null);
 }
 internal static JsonWriterException Create(JsonWriter writer, string message, Exception ex)
 {
     return Create(writer.ContainerPath, message, ex);
 }