Further modification from JC_VA, take what he has, and replace the MyModelConverter with...
public class MyModelConverter : JsonConverter
{
//objectType is the type as specified for List<myModel> (i.e. myModel)
public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
{
var token = JToken.Load(reader); //json from myModelList > model
var list = Activator.CreateInstance(objectType) as System.Collections.IList; // new list to return
var itemType = objectType.GenericTypeArguments[0]; // type of the list (myModel)
if (token.Type.ToString() == "Object") //Object
{
var child = token.Children();
var newObject = Activator.CreateInstance(itemType);
serializer.Populate(token.CreateReader(), newObject);
list.Add(newObject);
}
else //Array
{
foreach (var child in token.Children())
{
var newObject = Activator.CreateInstance(itemType);
serializer.Populate(child.CreateReader(), newObject);
list.Add(newObject);
}
}
return list;
}
public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
{
return objectType.IsGenericType && (objectType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>));
}
public override bool CanWrite => false;
public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer) => throw new NotImplementedException();
}
This should work for json that is either
myModelList{
model: [{ ... object ... }]
}
or
myModelList{
model: { ... object ... }
}
they will both end up being parsed as if they were
myModelList{
model: [{ ... object ... }]
}