/// <summary>
/// Writes the JSON representation of the object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="writer">The <see cref="T:Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter" /> to write to.</param>
/// <param name="obj">The value to write.</param>
/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param>
/// <exception cref="UnitsNetException">Can't serialize 'null' value.</exception>
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object obj, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
// ValueUnit should be written as usual (but read in a custom way)
if (obj is ValueUnit valueUnit)
{
var localSerializer = new JsonSerializer
{
TypeNameHandling = serializer.TypeNameHandling,
};
var t = JToken.FromObject(valueUnit, localSerializer);
t.WriteTo(writer);
}
else if (obj is Array values)
{
var results = Array.CreateInstance(typeof(ValueUnit), MultiDimensionalArrayHelpers.LastIndex(values));
var ind = MultiDimensionalArrayHelpers.FirstIndex(values);
while (ind != null)
{
results.SetValue((IQuantity)values.GetValue(ind), ind);
ind = MultiDimensionalArrayHelpers.NextIndex(results, ind);
}
serializer.Serialize(writer, results);
}
else if (obj is IQuantity quantity)
{
serializer.Serialize(writer, ToValueUnit(quantity));
}
else
{
throw new NotSupportedException($"Unsupported type: {obj.GetType()}");
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads the JSON representation of the object.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reader">The <see cref="T:Newtonsoft.Json.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>
/// <exception cref="UnitsNetException">Unable to parse value and unit from JSON.</exception>
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue,
JsonSerializer serializer)
{
if (reader.ValueType != null)
{
return(reader.Value);
}
object obj = TryDeserializeIComparable(reader, serializer);
if (obj is Array values)
{
// Create array with the requested type, such as `Length[]` or `Frequency[]` or multi-dimensional arrays like `Length[,]` or `Frequency[,,]`
var arrayOfQuantities = Array.CreateInstance(objectType.GetElementType(), MultiDimensionalArrayHelpers.LastIndex(values));
// Fill array with parsed quantities
int[] index = MultiDimensionalArrayHelpers.FirstIndex(values);
while (index != null)
{
arrayOfQuantities.SetValue(values.GetValue(index), index);
}
return(arrayOfQuantities);
}
else if (obj is ValueUnit valueUnit)
{
return(ParseValueUnit(valueUnit));
}
else
{
return(obj);
}
}