private bool SetPropertyValue(JsonProperty property, JsonConverter propertyConverter, JsonContainerContract containerContract, JsonProperty containerProperty, JsonReader reader, object target)
        {
            object currentValue;
            bool useExistingValue;
            JsonContract propertyContract;
            bool gottenCurrentValue;

            if (CalculatePropertyDetails(property, ref propertyConverter, containerContract, containerProperty, reader, target, out useExistingValue, out currentValue, out propertyContract, out gottenCurrentValue))
                return false;

            object value;

            if (propertyConverter != null && propertyConverter.CanRead)
            {
                if (!gottenCurrentValue && target != null && property.Readable)
                    currentValue = property.ValueProvider.GetValue(target);

                value = DeserializeConvertable(propertyConverter, reader, property.PropertyType, currentValue);
            }
            else
            {
                value = CreateValueInternal(reader, property.PropertyType, propertyContract, property, containerContract, containerProperty, (useExistingValue) ? currentValue : null);
            }

            // always set the value if useExistingValue is false,
            // otherwise also set it if CreateValue returns a new value compared to the currentValue
            // this could happen because of a JsonConverter against the type
            if ((!useExistingValue || value != currentValue)
                && ShouldSetPropertyValue(property, value))
            {
                property.ValueProvider.SetValue(target, value);

                if (property.SetIsSpecified != null)
                {
                    if (TraceWriter != null && TraceWriter.LevelFilter >= TraceLevel.Verbose)
                        TraceWriter.Trace(TraceLevel.Verbose, JsonPosition.FormatMessage(reader as IJsonLineInfo, reader.Path, "IsSpecified for property '{0}' on {1} set to true.".FormatWith(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, property.PropertyName, property.DeclaringType)), null);

                    property.SetIsSpecified(target, true);
                }

                return true;
            }

            // the value wasn't set be JSON was populated onto the existing value
            return useExistingValue;
        }