feat: Standardizing JSON Type conversion

ICD.Common.Utils/Extensions/JsonReaderExtensions.cs

@@ -96,11 +96,15 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Extensions
 		/// <param name="extends"></param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
 		[PublicAPI]
+		[CanBeNull]
 		public static Type GetValueAsType([NotNull] this JsonReader extends)
 		{
 			if (extends == null)
 				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
 
+			if (extends.TokenType == JsonToken.Null)
+				return null;
+
 			string value = extends.GetValueAsString();
 			return Type.GetType(value);
 		}

ICD.Common.Utils/ICD.Common.Utils_SimplSharp.csproj

@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@
     <Compile Include="IO\eSeekOrigin.cs" />
     <Compile Include="IO\IcdStreamWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Json\DateTimeIsoConverter.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Json\MinimalTypeConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Json\ToStringJsonConverter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NullObject.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ProcessorUtils.SimplSharp.cs" />

ICD.Common.Utils/Json/JsonUtils.cs

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Json
 				// Serialize DateTimes to ISO
 				s_CommonSettings.Converters.Add(new DateTimeIsoConverter());
 
+				// Minify Type serialization
+				s_CommonSettings.Converters.Add(new MinimalTypeConverter());
+
 				return s_CommonSettings;
 			}
 		}

ICD.Common.Utils/Json/MinimalTypeConverter.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using ICD.Common.Utils.Extensions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Json
+{
+	public sealed class MinimalTypeConverter : AbstractGenericJsonConverter<Type>
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Writes the JSON representation of the object.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="writer">The <see cref="T:Newtonsoft.Json.JsonWriter"/> to write to.</param>
+		/// <param name="value">The value.</param>
+		/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param>
+		public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, Type value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+		{
+			writer.WriteType(value);
+		}
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Reads the JSON representation of the object.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="reader">The <see cref="T:Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReader"/> to read from.</param>
+		/// <param name="existingValue">The existing value of object being read.</param>
+		/// <param name="serializer">The calling serializer.</param>
+		/// <returns>
+		/// The object value.
+		/// </returns>
+		public override Type ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+		{
+			return reader.GetValueAsType();
+		}
+	}
+}