Newtonsoft.Json.ts

module Newtonsoft.Json
{
	export function deserialize(o: any): any
	{
		const dict: { [$id: string]: Object } = {};
		function _deserialize(o: any): any
		{
			if (typeof o === "object" && o !== null)
			{
				let $id: string;
				if ($id = o.$ref)
				{
					const existing = dict[$id];
					if (existing === undefined)
					{
						throw new Error('Unrecognized $ref ("' + $id + '").');
					}
					return existing;
				}
				if ($id = o.$id)
				{
					dict[$id] = o;
					delete o['$id'];
				}
				for (let prop in o)
				{
					o[prop] = _deserialize(o[prop]);
				}
			}
			return o;
		}
		return _deserialize(o);
	}
	export function serialize(o: any): any
	{
		const toClean: any[] = [];
		let $id = 1;
		function _serialize(o: any): any
		{
			if (typeof o === "object" && o !== null)
			{
				if (o.hasOwnProperty('$id'))
				{
					let $ref = o['$id'];
					if ($ref === null)
					{
						$ref = o['$id'] = $id++;
					}
					return { $ref: $ref };
				}
				o['$id'] = null;
				toClean.push(o);
				for (let prop in o)
				{
					if (o.hasOwnProperty(prop))
					{
						o[prop] = _serialize(o[prop]);
					}
				}
			}
			return o;
		}
		o = _serialize(o);
		const n = toClean.length;
		for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i)
		{
			const objToClean = toClean[i];
			if (objToClean['$id'] === null)
			{
				delete objToClean['$id'];
			}
		}
		return o;
	}
}
 
const serialized = [
   {
     "$id": 1,
     "Name": "James",
     "BirthDate": "1983-03-08T00:00Z",
     "LastModified": "2012-03-21T05:40Z"
  },
  {
    "$ref": 1
  }
];
let deserialized: any;
console.log(JSON.stringify(deserialized = Newtonsoft.Json.deserialize(serialized)));
console.log(JSON.stringify(Newtonsoft.Json.serialize(deserialized)));