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    copied!<p>I'm trying to serialize/deserialize a <code>Dictionary&lt;string, object&gt;</code> which seems to work fine if the object is a simple type but doesn't work when the object is more complex.</p> <p>I have this class:</p> <pre><code>public class UrlStatus { public int Status { get; set; } public string Url { get; set; } } </code></pre> <p>In my dictionary I add a <code>List&lt;UrlStatus&gt;</code> with a key of "Redirect Chain" and a few simple strings with keys "Status", "Url", "Parent Url". The string I'm getting back from JSON.Net looks like this: </p> <pre><code>{"$type":"System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2[[System.String, mscorlib],[System.Object, mscorlib]], mscorlib","Status":"OK","Url":"http://www.ehow.com/m/how_5615409_create-pdfs-using-bean.html","Parent Url":"http://www.ehow.com/mobilearticle35.xml","Redirect Chain":[{"$type":"Demand.TestFramework.Core.Entities.UrlStatus, Demand.TestFramework.Core","Status":301,"Url":"http://www.ehow.com/how_5615409_create-pdfs-using-bean.html"}]} </code></pre> <p>The code I'm using to serialize looks like:</p> <pre><code>JsonConvert.SerializeObject(collection, Formatting.None, new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects, TypeNameAssemblyFormat = System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.FormatterAssemblyStyle.Simple }); </code></pre> <p>to deserialize I'm doing:</p> <pre><code>JsonConvert.DeserializeObject&lt;T&gt;(collection, new JsonSerializerSettings { TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects, TypeNameAssemblyFormat = System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.FormatterAssemblyStyle.Simple, }); </code></pre> <p>The Dictionary comes back fine, all the strings come back fine, but the List doesn't get properly deserialized. It just comes back as </p> <pre><code>{[ { "$type": "XYZ.TestFramework.Core.Entities.UrlStatus, XYZ.TestFramework.Core", "Status": 301, "Url": "/how_5615409_create-pdfs-using-bean.html" } ]} </code></pre> <p>Of course I can deserailize this string again and I get the correct object, but it seems like JSON.Net should have done this for me. Clearly I'm doing something wrong, but I don't know what it is.</p>
 

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