parsing an enumeration in JSON.net
i'm using JSON.net (maybe v3.5ish? it's from oct. 2010). and i'm trying to deserialize some json into an enumeration:
geometryType: "esriGeometryPolygon"
i have this enumeration:
/// <summary>
/// The geometry type.
/// </summary>
[DataContract]
public enum GeometryType
{
/// <summary>
/// Refers to geometry type Envelope
/// </summary>
[EnumMember(Value = "esriGeometryEnvelope")]
Envelope,
/// <summary>
/// Refers to geometry type MultiPoint
/// </summary>
[EnumMember(Value = "esriGeometryMultipoint")]
MultiPoint,
/// <summary>
/// Refers to geometry type MapPoint
/// </summary>
[EnumMember(Value = "esriGeometryPoint")]
Point,
/// <summary>
/// Refers to geometry type Polygon
/// </summary>
[EnumMember(Value = "esriGeometryPolygon")]
Polygon,
/// <summary>
/// Refers to geometry type Polyline
/// </summary>
[EnumMember(Value = "esriGeometryPolyline")]
Polyline
}
but it throws an error saying "Error converting value "esriGeometryPolygon" to type '...GeometryType'.
what am i missing here?
is it because it's an old version (i'm using the monotouch port: https://github.com/chrisntr/Newtonsoft.Json which hasn't been updated in a year)? or did i get my datacontract wrong?
EDIT: i ported the latest JSON.NET to MT and i'm still getting the exact same error.
According to JSON.NET documentation, default behavior is to use int value for Enums : http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/SerializationGuide.html
You can change that by adding a JsonConverter attribute with StringEnumConverter on your enum...
/// <summary>
/// The geometry type.
/// </summary>
[DataContract]
[JsonConverter(typeof(StringEnumConverter))]
public enum GeometryType
Documentation: Serialize with JsonConverters