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; }