Deserialize collection of interface-instances?

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I found this question while trying to do this myself. After I implemented Piotr Stapp’s(Garath’s) answer, I was struck by how simple it seemed. If I was merely implementing a method that was already being passed the exact Type (as a string) that I wanted to instantiate, why wasn’t the library binding it automatically?

I actually found that I didn’t need any custom binders, Json.Net was able to do exactly what I needed, provided I told it that was what I was doing.

When serializing:

string serializedJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(objectToSerialize, Formatting.Indented, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects,
    TypeNameAssemblyFormat = System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.FormatterAssemblyStyle.Simple
});

When de-serializing:

var deserializedObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ClassToSerializeViaJson>(serializedJson, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
    TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects
});

Relevant documentation: Serialization Settings for Json.NET and TypeNameHandling setting

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