Deserializing unknown Geometries?

[FrankyBoy]

Is there any way to just generically convert a Geometry into whatever type is specified in the GeoJSON itself? I.e. I have a DB column that might be anything from Point to MultiPolygon, so doing JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SomeSpecificGeomTypeHere>(data.geom) does not work for obvious reasons.

If there is, this should really be documented.

[xfischer]

Hi ! I think this will work : JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IGeometryObject>

Good point about the documentation. Where would you like it to be documented? The code itself?

[xfischer]

You can also have a look at the tests here : https://github.com/GeoJSON-Net/GeoJSON.Net/blob/master/src/GeoJSON.Net.Tests/Geometry/GeometryTests.cs

[FrankyBoy]

Hi, so either JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IGeometryObject>(data.geom, new GeometryConverter()) or JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IGeoJsonObject>(data.geom, new GeoJsonConverter()) seemed to do the trick. To me it's unclear what the difference between those is as they both seem to produce the same result.

Where it should be documented? I'd say the README as that seems to be the only up to date documentation / reference out there, and the converters are not shown at all there (or explanations what the different converters are meant for).

[xfischer]

Yeah I admit I also feel confused about that and wonder why it has been designed this way.

IGeometryObject is a minimal internal contract, the constraint of implementing this is only to be able to state which geometry type we are

IGeoJsonObject is more exhaustive, as it adds bounding box and CRS, it is a bridge made for adherence to GeoJSON specs IMHO.