Class UnityObjectSerializer

Custom converter to allow less verbose Newtonsoft serialization of Unity builtin objects. This converter manually handles several cases, add more as they become necessary.

Inheritance

object

JsonConverter

UnityObjectSerializer

Namespace: IVLab.ABREngine

Assembly: IVLab.ABREngine.Runtime.dll

Syntax

public class UnityObjectSerializer : JsonConverter

Constructors

UnityObjectSerializer()

Build the custom converter and define both the types that are allowed to be serialized and the string keys that are allowed to exist post-serialization

Declaration

public UnityObjectSerializer()

Properties

CanRead

Gets a value indicating whether this Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter can read JSON.

Declaration

public override bool CanRead { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
bool	true if this Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter can read JSON; otherwise, false.

Overrides

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConverter.CanRead

Methods

CanConvert(Type)

We only provide serializers for these types

Declaration

public override bool CanConvert(Type type)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Type	type

Returns

Type	Description
bool

Overrides

JsonConverter.CanConvert(Type)

ReadJson(JsonReader, Type, object, JsonSerializer)

Reads the JSON representation of the object.

Declaration

public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
JsonReader	reader	The Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader to read from.
Type	objectType	Type of the object.
object	existingValue	The existing value of object being read.
JsonSerializer	serializer	The calling serializer.

Returns

Type	Description
object	The object value.

Overrides

JsonConverter.ReadJson(JsonReader, Type, object, JsonSerializer)

WriteJson(JsonWriter, object, JsonSerializer)

Writes the JSON representation of the object.

Declaration

public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
JsonWriter	writer	The Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter to write to.
object	value	The value.
JsonSerializer	serializer	The calling serializer.

Overrides

JsonConverter.WriteJson(JsonWriter, object, JsonSerializer)