Serializing Base Classes to Derived Classes

Question

So I have a problem where I have an Object2D which contains components derived from Component2D

public class Object2D
{
     // Lets say that this contains Image2DComponent
     public List<Component2D> Components = new List<Component2D>();
}

public class Image2DComponent : Component2D
{
     public string TexturePath;
     public override void Draw() { // Drawing code for the Image }
}

However, once I serialize them into Json, I can't convert them back into their respective component (e.g. Image2DComponent) and run their respective methods again.

{"ObjectName":"Editor_Preset2DObject_Image","Parent":null,"Layer":0.0,"Pivot":"0.5, 0.5","Children":[],"Size":"50, 50","Components":[{"TexturePath":"Pixel.png","Color":{"B":255,"G":255,"R":255,"A":255},"SubLayer":0,"ComponentType":"Rander._2D.Image2DComponent, Rander, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null"}],"ComponentType":"Rander._2D.Object2D, Rander, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null","Enabled":true,"Align":4,"Rotation":0.0,"RelativeRotation":0.0,"RelativePosition":"0, 0","Position":"0, 0"}

Is there a way to convert it back without redesigning anything?

Do you mean you are not able to deserialize the json back into Image2DComponent object. Can you tell us the error you are getting when you try to deserialize it. — Durga Prasad, Sep 06 '20 at 17:20
When I deserialize the Object2D, instead of deserializing the Image2DComponent back into an Image2DComponent, it instead gets deserialized into a Component2D, which prevents it from running its respective methods — SeaPeaMe, Sep 08 '20 at 02:18
does this answer your question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8513042/json-net-serialize-deserialize-derived-types — Durga Prasad, Sep 08 '20 at 16:42

Serializing Base Classes to Derived Classes

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