history.txt

2.1.31
- auto convert to string on deserialize if the object property is string and the json value is not
- fixed side effect of changing JSONParameters.UsingGlobalTypes inside classes and affecting the original value
- fixed deserialize nested Dictionary without extensions with generic ToObject<>

2.1.29
- added JSONParameters.AllowNonQuotedKeys for non standard javascript like json
- signed .net core and standard assembly

2.1.28
- bug fix deserializing array of objects with type information
- test for above 
- support for .net core and netstandard2.0 via separate project

2.1.27
- bug fix case in DataMember attributes (thanks to Elvis Lam)
- added ToObject(string json, Type type, JSONParameters par) 
- bug fix .net v2.0+ build with conditional compilation 

2.1.26
- bug fix support for byte[] in DataTable columns (thanks to HKatura)
- added JSONParameters.FormatterIndentSpaces
- bug fix edge cases for float/decimal/double/long/ulong/int/uint
  MinValue, MaxValue, NegativeInfinity, PositiveInfinity, Epsilon, NaN (thanks to qaqz111)

2.1.25
- support for DataMember[Name] attribute
- handling \0 in strings as \u0000 even without extensions

2.1.24
- Support ISO8601 formatted DateTimeOffset (thanks to Scott McKay)
- security warning for $type usage

2.1.23
- added support for TimeSpan (equates to a long)
- added auto convert string numbers "42" -> 42 
- added more to Howto.md

2.1.22
- bug fix ToObject<Dictionary<string,List<T>>() with extensions off (thanks to chunlizh)
- added Howto.md (work in progress)
- renamed solution file

2.1.21
- bug fix enumerating dynamic objects 

2.1.20
- bug fix nested dictionary D<,D<,>>

2.1.19
- added ToNiceJSON(obj) with default parameters
- added support for interface object properties (thanks to DrDeadCrash)

2.1.18
- bug fix read only properties to output
- added test for readonly properties 
- sync reflection.cs with fastBinaryJSON
- added NonSerialized to the list of ignore default attributes

2.1.17
- add support for skipping line comments in json string on read (e.g. //comment)
- fixed broken custom type handler (sorry to all)
- added test for custom types
- auto convert string to int or long if the receiving type expects one
- auto convert byte[] if needed (thanks to Enrico Padovani)
- bug fix DateTime in anonymous type InvalidProgramException (thanks to skottmckay)
- ExpandoObject work correctly
- JSON.ToObject<T[]>() works correctly
- support for double.NaN float.NaN with test
- property/field/key names with quotes etc. handled correctly
- fixed byte[] in Dictionary values with test
- add twitter data test
- support for DateTimeOffset

2.1.16
- bug fix ToObject<Dictionary<string, List<X>>>() (thanks to sleiN13)
- bug fix CreateStringKeyDictionary() (thanks to John Earnshaw)
- type access optimizations
- test restructuring

2.1.15
- usings cleanup
- bug fix : edge case CreateArray() bt is null -> default to typeof(object)

2.1.14
- dynamic object processing enhancements (thanks to Justin Dearing)

2.1.13
- code speedups (thanks to wmjordan)

2.1.12
- support for multidimensional arrays (thanks to wmjordan)

2.1.11
- bug fix public static properties

2.1.10
- bug fix byte[] keys with Dictionary (thanks to Stanislav Lukeš)

2.1.9
- JSONParameters.SerializeNullValues = false handles Dictionary and NameValueCollection correctly

2.1.8
- bug fix serializing static fields and properties
- skip indexer properties on objects (thanks to scymen)
- JSONParameters.SerializeToLowerCaseNames also handles Dictionary and NameValueCollection 

2.1.7
- strict ISO date format compliance with a T in the output (IE, firefox javascript engines complained)
- added JSONParameters.SerializeToLowerCaseNames for javascript interop
- JSONParameters.IgnoreCaseOnDeserialize is depricated and not needed anymore 
- added tests for lowercase output
- internal code cleanup

2.1.6
- fix for release build in net4 (thanks to Craig Minihan)
- support for ExpandoObject serialize in net4 (thanks to Craig Minihan)
- added JSONParameters.SerializerMaxDepth to control the max depth to go down to
- added JSONParameters.InlineCircularReferences to disable the $i feature and inline already seen objects
- JSONParameters.UseExtensions = false disables circular references also

2.1.5
- added direct nullable convert ToObject<x?> i.e. int? long? etc. (thanks to goroth)
- bug fix deserialize private set and no set properties 
- added ReadonlyTest() test for the above 

2.1.4
- bug fix deserializing a struct property in a class

2.1.3
- added support for DateTime milliseconds 
- added TestMilliseconds() test

2.1.2
- bug fix circular references 

2.1.1
- bug fix obj.List<List<object>> and obj.List<object[]> 
- added code intellisense help for methods
- added ClearReflectionCache() to reset all internal structures

2.1.0
- *breaking change* : removed the JSON.Instance singleton 
- moved all the state from JSON to the Reflection singleton
- all of the JSON interface is now static  
- added JSONParameters overloads for ToObject()
- support for circular referenced object structures
- added circular test
- fixed the .net35 project file to compile correctly

2.0.28.1
- added ParametricConstructorOverride parameter to control non default constructors
- fixed failing StructTest when run with others
- added create object performance test

2.0.28
- removed ToCharArray in the parser for less memory usage (Thanks to Simon Hewitt)
- fixed create enum from value and string
- replaced safedictionary with dictionary for some of the internals so no locks on read
- added custom ignore attributes (Thanks to Jared Thirsk)
- using IsDefined instead of GetCustomAttributes (Thanks to Andrew Rissing)
- moved all the reflection code out of JSON.cs
- now you can deserialize non default constructor classes (Thanks to Anton Afanasyev)

2.0.27
- added UseValuesOfEnums parameter to control enum output
- fixed working with const properties and fields (i.e ignored)

2.0.26
- bug fix objects in array dynamic types e.g. [1,2,{"prop":90}]
- added support for special collections : StringDictionary, NameValueCollection

2.0.25
- bug fix dynamic json and root arrays e.g. [1,2,3,4]

2.0.24
- access inner property in arrays in dynamic types e.g. d.arr[1].a (Thanks to Greg Ryjikh)
- add JSONParameters.KVStyleStringDictionary to control string key dictionary output

2.0.23
- JSONParameters.IgnoreCaseOnDeserialize now works 
- added ignore case test 

2.0.22
- added .net 3.5 project
- now compiling to 'output' directory
- added signed assembly 
- version numbers will stay at 2.0.0.0 for drop in compatibility
- file version will reflect the build number
- bug fix deserializing to dictionaries instead of dataset when type is not defined

2.0.21
- fixed edge case tailing '\' in formatter
- code cleanup formatter

2.0.20
- fixed hastable deserialize
- added test for hashtable
- added abstract class test
- changed list of getters to array ~3% performance gain
- removed unused code

2.0.19
- fix dynamic objects and lists
- fix deserialize Dictionary<T, List<V>> and Dictionary<T, V[]>
- added tests for dictionary with lists

2.0.18
- edge case empty array deserialize "[]" -> T[]
- code cleanup
- fixed serialize readonly properties

2.0.17 
- added serialization of static fields and properties
- added dynamic object support and test

2.0.16
- bug fix formatter 
- added test for formatter

2.0.15
- removed CUSTOMTYPE directives from code
- fix for writing enumerable object 

2.0.14
- Optimizations done by Sean Cooper
   - using Stopwatch instead of DateTime for timings
   - myPropInfo using enum instead of boolean
   - using switch instead of linked if statements
   - parsing DateTime optimized
   - StringBuilder using single char output instead of strings for \" chars etc

2.0.13
- bug fix comma edge cases with nulls
- unified DynamicMethod calls with SilverLight4 code
- test cases for silverlight

2.0.12
- bug fix nested generic types (thanks to Zambiorix)
- bug fix comma edge cases with nulls

2.0.11
- bug fix single char number json
- added UseEscapedUnicode parameter for controlling string output in \uxxxx for unicode/utf8 format
- bug fix null and generic ToObject<>()
- bug fix List<> of custom types 

2.0.10
- added MonoDroid project

2.0.9
- added support for root level DataSet and DataTable deserialize (you have to do ToObject<DataSet>(...) )
- added dataset tests

2.0.8
- bug fix big number conversions 
- * breaking change Parse will return longs and doubles instead of longs and decimals
- ToObject on value types will auto convert the data (e.g ToObject<deciaml>() )

2.0.7
- bug fix missing comma with single property and extension enabled

2.0.6
- singleton uses [ThreadStatic] for concurrency (thanks to Philip Jander) 
- bug fix extra comma in the output when only 1 property in the object (thanks to Philip Jander) 

2.0.5
- fixed number parsing for invariant format 
- added a test for German locale number testing (,. problems)

2.0.4
- fixed null objects -> returns "null" 
- added sealed keyword to classes
- bug fix SerializeNullValues=false and an extra comma at the end
- UseExtensions=false will disable global types also
- fixed parameters setting for Parse()

2.0.3
- readonly property checking on deserialize (thanks to Slava Pocheptsov)
- bug fix deserialize nested types with unit test (thanks to Slava Pocheptsov)
- fix the silverlight4 project build (silverlight5 is not supported)

2.0.2
- bug fix $types and arrays

2.0.1
- bug fix preserve internal objects when FillObject called
- changed ArrayList to List<object> and consolidated silverlight code
- added more tests
- speed increase when using global types ($types)

2.0.0
- added unit tests 
- deserialize root level arrays (int[] etc.)
- deserialize root level value types (int,long,decimal,string)
- deserialize ToObject< Dictionary<T,V> >  
- deserialize ToObject< List<T> >
- * breaking change in Parse , numbers are returned as decimals and longs not strings

1.9.9.1
- bug fix reflection code 

1.9.9
- bug fix char and string ToString
- refactored reflection code into Reflection class
- added support for top level struct object serialize/deserialize

1.9.8.1
- spelling mistake on JSONParameters
- bug fix Parameter initialization

1.9.8
- added DeepCopy(obj) and DeepCopy<T>(obj)
- refactored code to JSONParameters and removed the JSON overloads
- added support to serialize anonymous types (deserialize is not possible at the moment)
- bug fix $types output with non object root

1.9.7 
- removed indent logic from serializer
- added Beautify(json) method to JSON
- added locks on SafeDictionary
- added FillObject(obj,json) for filling an existing object

1.9.6.1
- bug fix SilverLight version to support GlobalTypes 

1.9.6
- added a $types extension for global type definitions which reduce the size of the output json
- added UsingGlobalTypes config for controling the above (default = true)
- bug fix datatable commas between arrays and table definitions (less lint complaining)
- string key dictionaries are serialized optimally now (not K V format)

1.9.5
- bug fix datatable schema serialize & deserialize

1.9.4
- ShowReadOnlyProperties added for exporting readonly properties (default = false)
- if datetime value ends in "Z" then automatic UTC time calculated 
- if using UTC datetime the output end in a "Z" (standards compliant) 

1.9.3
- UTC datetime handling via UseUTCDateTime = true property 
- added support for enum as key in dictionary

1.9.2
- fixed to fullname instaed of name when searching for types in property cache (namespace1.myclass , namespace2.myclass are now different)

1.9.1
- fixed SerializeNullValues = false bug 

1.9
- added support for public field serialize and deserialize

1.8 
- SilverLight4 support merged into source
- RegisterCustomType() for custom serializer

1.7.7 
- datatable support 
- indented output
- bug fix 

1.7.6
- xmlignore on properties handled
- date output fix -> 0000 format
- special case optimized dictionary<string,string> output {"prop":"value",...} insteadof [{"k":"prop","v":"value"},...]
- override serialize nulls to output

1.7.5
- serialize without extensions
- added overloaded methods
- deserialize without extensions

1.7 
- bug fix dictionary deserialize
- special case List<object[]> 
- int, long parse 4x faster
- unicode string optimize
- changetype optimize
- dictionary optimize
- deserialize embeded class e.g. Sales.Customer
- safedictionary check before add
- handles object ReturnEntity = new object[] { object1, object2 }
- handles object ReturnEntity = Guid, Dataset, valuetype

1.6 
- guid 2x faster
- dataset 40% smaller
- dataset deserialize 35% faster
- dataset serialize 11% faster
- single dimension valuetype arrays supported 

1.5
- 53% speed boost deserializer without dataset
- 21% speed boost deserializer with dataset
- Enum parse fix

1.4
- ~3% speed boost to serializer
- 50% speed boost to deserializer
- 46% speed boost to dataset serializer
- 26% speed boost to dataset deserializer

1.3
- removed unused code 786 lines now
- property comma fix

1.2
- culture info 
- system.dbnull -> null
- skips readonly properties

1.1 
- 26% performance boost on dataset