public static void ReadAndAssert(this JsonReader reader)
{
if (reader == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("reader");
}
if (!reader.Read())
{
throw JsonSerializationExceptionHelper.Create(reader, "Unexpected end when reading JSON.");
}
}
// Adapted from https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/blob/master/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/DataTableConverter.cs
// Original license: https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json/blob/master/LICENSE.md
/// <summary>
/// Reads the JSON representation of the object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reader">The <see cref="JsonReader"/> to read from.</param>
/// <param name="objectType">Type of the object.</param>
/// <param name="existingValue">The existing value of object being read.</param>
/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param>
/// <returns>The object value.</returns>
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
{
return(null);
}
DataTable dt = existingValue as DataTable;
if (dt == null)
{
// handle typed datasets
dt = (objectType == typeof(DataTable))
? new DataTable()
: (DataTable)Activator.CreateInstance(objectType);
}
// DataTable is inside a DataSet
// populate the name from the property name
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.PropertyName)
{
dt.TableName = (string)reader.Value;
reader.ReadAndAssert();
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
{
return(dt);
}
}
if (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.StartArray)
{
throw JsonSerializationExceptionHelper.Create(reader, "Unexpected JSON token when reading DataTable. Expected StartArray, got {0}.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, reader.TokenType));
}
reader.ReadAndAssert();
var ambiguousColumnTypes = new HashSet <string>();
while (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.EndArray)
{
CreateRow(reader, dt, serializer, ambiguousColumnTypes);
reader.ReadAndAssert();
}
return(dt);
}
private static Type GetColumnDataType(JsonReader reader, out bool isAmbiguous)
{
JsonToken tokenType = reader.TokenType;
switch (tokenType)
{
case JsonToken.Integer:
case JsonToken.Boolean:
case JsonToken.Float:
case JsonToken.String:
case JsonToken.Date:
case JsonToken.Bytes:
isAmbiguous = false;
return(reader.ValueType);
case JsonToken.Null:
case JsonToken.Undefined:
isAmbiguous = true;
return(typeof(string));
case JsonToken.StartArray:
reader.ReadAndAssert();
if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartObject)
{
isAmbiguous = false;
return(typeof(DataTable)); // nested datatable
}
else
{
isAmbiguous = false;
bool innerAmbiguous;
// Handling ambiguity in array entries is not yet implemented because the first non-ambiguous entry in the array
// might occur anywhere in the sequence, requiring us to scan the entire array to determine the type,
// e.g., given: [null, null, null, 314, null]
// we would need to scan until the 314 value, and do:
// return typeof(Nullable<>).MakeGenericType(new[] { reader.ValueType }).MakeArrayType();
Type arrayType = GetColumnDataType(reader, out innerAmbiguous);
return(arrayType.MakeArrayType());
}
default:
throw JsonSerializationExceptionHelper.Create(reader, "Unexpected JSON token when reading DataTable: {0}".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, tokenType));
}
}