<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="5.0.8" />

RegexConverter

public class RegexConverter : JsonConverter
Converts a Regex to and from JSON and BSON.
using Newtonsoft.Json.Bson; using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization; using System; using System.Text.RegularExpressions; namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters { public class RegexConverter : JsonConverter { private const string PatternName = "Pattern"; private const string OptionsName = "Options"; public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer) { Regex regex = (Regex)value; BsonWriter bsonWriter = writer as BsonWriter; if (bsonWriter != null) WriteBson(bsonWriter, regex); else WriteJson(writer, regex, serializer); } private bool HasFlag(RegexOptions options, RegexOptions flag) { return (options & flag) == flag; } private void WriteBson(BsonWriter writer, Regex regex) { string str = null; if (HasFlag(regex.Options, RegexOptions.IgnoreCase)) str += "i"; if (HasFlag(regex.Options, RegexOptions.Multiline)) str += "m"; if (HasFlag(regex.Options, RegexOptions.Singleline)) str += "s"; str += "u"; if (HasFlag(regex.Options, RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture)) str += "x"; writer.WriteRegex(regex.ToString(), str); } private void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, Regex regex, JsonSerializer serializer) { DefaultContractResolver defaultContractResolver = serializer.ContractResolver as DefaultContractResolver; writer.WriteStartObject(); writer.WritePropertyName((defaultContractResolver != null) ? defaultContractResolver.GetResolvedPropertyName("Pattern") : "Pattern"); writer.WriteValue(regex.ToString()); writer.WritePropertyName((defaultContractResolver != null) ? defaultContractResolver.GetResolvedPropertyName("Options") : "Options"); serializer.Serialize(writer, regex.Options); writer.WriteEndObject(); } public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer) { if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartObject) return ReadRegexObject(reader, serializer); if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.String) return ReadRegexString(reader); throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Unexpected token when reading Regex."); } private object ReadRegexString(JsonReader reader) { string text = (string)reader.Value; int num = text.LastIndexOf('/'); string pattern = text.Substring(1, num - 1); string text2 = text.Substring(num + 1); RegexOptions regexOptions = RegexOptions.None; string text3 = text2; for (int i = 0; i < text3.Length; i++) { switch (text3[i]) { case 'i': regexOptions |= RegexOptions.IgnoreCase; break; case 'm': regexOptions |= RegexOptions.Multiline; break; case 's': regexOptions |= RegexOptions.Singleline; break; case 'x': regexOptions |= RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture; break; } } return new Regex(pattern, regexOptions); } private Regex ReadRegexObject(JsonReader reader, JsonSerializer serializer) { string text = null; RegexOptions? nullable = null; while (reader.Read()) { switch (reader.TokenType) { case JsonToken.PropertyName: { string a = reader.Value.ToString(); if (!reader.Read()) throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Unexpected end when reading Regex."); if (string.Equals(a, "Pattern", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) text = (string)reader.Value; else if (string.Equals(a, "Options", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)) { nullable = serializer.Deserialize<RegexOptions>(reader); } else { reader.Skip(); } break; } case JsonToken.EndObject: if (text == null) throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Error deserializing Regex. No pattern found."); return new Regex(text, nullable ?? RegexOptions.None); } } throw JsonSerializationException.Create(reader, "Unexpected end when reading Regex."); } public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType) { return (object)objectType == typeof(Regex); } } }