JsonDeserializer now can deserialize objects JsonArray and JsonObject when their target type is specified as "System.Object" instead of a more specific type.

* The side effect of this is that now you can recursively deserialize a JSON object that has mixed value types by specifying Dictionary<string, object> as the deserialization target.

Author: ryno1234

RestSharp.Tests/JsonTests.cs

@@ -125,6 +125,20 @@ public void Can_Deserialize_From_Root_Element()
 			Assert.Equal("John Sheehan", output.DisplayName);
 		}
 
+		[Fact]
+		public void Can_Deserialize_To_Dictionary_String_Object() {
+			var doc = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine("SampleData", "jsondictionary.txt"));
+
+			var json = new JsonDeserializer();
+
+			var output = json.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(new RestResponse() { Content = doc });
+
+			Assert.Equal(output.Keys.Count, 3);
+
+			var firstKeysVal = output.FirstOrDefault().Value;
+			Assert.IsAssignableFrom<System.Collections.IDictionary>(firstKeysVal);
+		}
+
 		[Fact]
 		public void Can_Deserialize_Generic_Members()
 		{

RestSharp/Deserializers/JsonDeserializer.cs

@@ -267,7 +267,17 @@ private object ConvertValue(Type type, object value)
 					return CreateAndMap(type, value);
 				}
 			}
-			else
+			else if (type.IsSubclassOfRawGeneric(typeof(List<>)))
+			{
+				// handles classes that derive from List<T>
+				return BuildList(type, value);
+			}
+			else if (type == typeof(JsonObject)) 
+			{
+				// simplify JsonObject into a Dictionary<string, object> 
+				return BuildDictionary(typeof(Dictionary<string, object>), value);
+			} 
+			else 
 			{
 				// nested property classes
 				return CreateAndMap(type, value);