private StoreAndLoadMe DeserializeMe()

        {

            using (StreamReader file = File.OpenText(fileName))

            using (JsonTextReader reader = new JsonTextReader(file))

            {

                JObject obj = (JObject)JToken.ReadFrom(reader);

                return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<StoreAndLoadMe>(obj.ToString());

            }

        }

​

        private void SerializeMe(StoreAndLoadMe slm)

        {

            var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(slm, Formatting.Indented);

            using (StreamWriter writer  = File.CreateText(fileName))

                writer.Write(json);

        }

​

// Add Attribute to StoreAndLoadMe class:

    [JsonObject]

    internal class StoreAndLoadMe

MyObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject>(json);

public class KeysJsonConverter : JsonConverter

{

    private readonly Type[] _types;

​

    public KeysJsonConverter(params Type[] types)

    {

        _types = types;

    }

​

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

    {

        JToken t = JToken.FromObject(value);

​

        if (t.Type != JTokenType.Object)

        {

            t.WriteTo(writer);

        }

        else

        {

            JObject o = (JObject)t;

            IList<string> propertyNames = o.Properties().Select(p => p.Name).ToList();

​

            o.AddFirst(new JProperty("Keys", new JArray(propertyNames)));

​

            o.WriteTo(writer);

        }

    }

​

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

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException("Unnecessary because CanRead is false. The type will skip the converter.");

    }

​

    public override bool CanRead

    {

        get { return false; }

    }

​

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        return _types.Any(t => t == objectType);

    }

}

​

public class Employee

{

    public string FirstName { get; set; }

    public string LastName { get; set; }

    public IList<string> Roles { get; set; }

}