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    copied!<p>What I'm trying to do:</p> <p>I have json objects that have values which could be string, ints, doubles, or lists of any of these. I'm trying to deserialize these json strings into C# objects, but because they could have multiple types, I'm stuck using the generic object, rather than a strongly typed alternative.</p> <p>My issue: It appears as though the ServiceStack.Text.JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString(jsonString) function behaves oddly in cases where T = object. It will always treat things as a string, and does not work with quotes.</p> <p>Here's an example:</p> <pre><code>string json1 = "[1]"; string json2 = "[1,2]"; string json3 = "['hello']"; string json4 = "['hello','world']"; string json5 = "[\"hello\"]"; string json6 = "[\"hello\",\"world\"]"; object o1 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json1); object o2 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json2); object o3 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json3); object o4 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json4); object o5 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json5); object o6 = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString&lt;object&gt;(json6); </code></pre> <p>Expected Underlying object:</p> <pre><code>object type value o1 List [1] o2 List [1,2] o3 List ['hello'] o4 List ['hello','world'] o5 List ["hello"] o6 List ["hello","world"] </code></pre> <p>Actual Underlying object:</p> <pre><code>object type value o1 String "[1]" o2 String "[1,2]" o3 String "['hello']" o4 String "['hello','world']" o5 String "[" o6 String "[" </code></pre> <p>For reference, the corresponding code block using Newtonsoft.Json interprets the underlying objects as Netwonsoft.Json.Link.JArray.</p> <p>As it currently stands, I would have to ensure single quotes are used in the json, and then deserialize any string that was extracted recursively until everything has been properly extracted.</p> <p>Is there something I can do to have this behave the way I'd like using ServiceStack.Text?</p>
 

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