public static TType castTo <TType>(this JToken source)
{
string serialized = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(source, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented);
var result = UtilsJson.DeserializeObject <TType>(serialized);
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Get an associative array from a JOBJECT or JARRAY. Prepopulates the ID
/// property of the object (in case it does not exist) with the associative array key.
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Dictionary <string, JToken> keyedFromArrayOrObject(JToken source)
{
Dictionary <string, JToken> result = new Dictionary <string, JToken>();
// Our custom deserialization already has support for propagating ID information from regular arrays to
// associative arrays.
return(UtilsJson.DeserializeObject <Dictionary <string, JToken> >(source.ToString()));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts a YAML configuration file to a JTOKEN
/// compatible JSON representation
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TTokenType"></typeparam>
/// <param name="source">Yaml or JSON</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static TTokenType YamlOrJsonToKtoken <TTokenType>(string source)
where TTokenType : JToken
{
source = EnsureJson(source);
return(UtilsJson.DeserializeObject <TTokenType>(source));
}