Similar to JSON.NET deserialize to object with Type parameter, I need to deserialise some JSON, which has been previously serialised:
Serialisation code:
...
Data = new ImplementationofICommandData{ Id = Id }
DataType = typeof(ImplementationofICommandData).AssemblyQualifiedName,
...
Deserialisation code:
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(ICommandData)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(dto.Data, Type.GetType(dto.DataType))
...
In this case, dto.DataType contains the AssemblyFullName.
Initially, the projects that contained the serialisation and deserialisation shared a project with DTOs in it, so the deserialisation was able to use the same AssemblyQualifiedName for the type.
Now, I have a new project that is serialising data to the database. I have a DTO in the original shared project that has the exact same structure as the DTO in the new project, but due to being in a different assembly, the AssemblyQualified name that gets serialised does not correspond to a type about which the deserialising code knows.
Ideally, I won't have to make the serialisation and deserialisation code share the same DTO project, so is it possible to get the type by something less than the AssemblyQualifiedName? Or is there a better approach?
