servicestack.text fun

main.cs

using System;
using ServiceStack.Text;

enum Subset
{
    Zero,
}
enum Superset
{
	Zero,
    One,
}

class SubsetClass 
{
    public Subset Value { get; set; }
}
class SupersetClass
{
 	public Superset Value { get; set; }   
}

var obj = new SupersetClass
{
    Value = Superset.One,
};

var serialized = JsonSerializer.SerializeToString(obj);
Console.WriteLine(serialized); // {"Value":"One"}
    
var desSuper = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString<SupersetClass>(serialized);
Console.WriteLine(desSuper.Value.ToString()); // One

var desSub = JsonSerializer.DeserializeFromString<SubsetClass>(serialized);
Console.WriteLine(desSub.Value.ToString()); // Zero

Console.WriteLine(((Subset)3).ToString()); // 3

packages.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<packages>
  <package id="ServiceStack.Text" version="3.9.71" targetFramework="net45" />
</packages>