winmr-api/Utils/JsonEnumConverter.cs

// File: Utils/JsonEnumConverter.cs

using System.Text.Json;
using System.Text.Json.Serialization;

namespace WebmrAPI.Utils
{
    public class JsonEnumConverter<T> : JsonConverter<T> where T : Enum
    {
        private T GetDefaultValue(Type type)
        {
            if (Enum.TryParse(type, "Undefined", true, out object? result) && result != null)
            {
                return (T)result;
            }
            return (T)Enum.ToObject(type, 0);
        }

        public override T Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
        {
            if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.String)
            {
                if (Enum.TryParse(typeToConvert, reader.GetString(), true, out object? result) && result != null)
                {
                    return (T)result;
                }
            }
            else if (reader.TokenType == JsonTokenType.Number)
            {
                if (reader.TryGetInt32(out int intValue))
                {
                    T status = (T)Enum.ToObject(typeToConvert, intValue);
                    if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(T), status))
                    {
                        return status;
                    }
                }
            }
            return GetDefaultValue(typeToConvert);
        }

        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, T value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
        {
            if (Enum.IsDefined(typeof(T), value))
            {
                writer.WriteStringValue(value.ToString());
            }
            else
            {
                writer.WriteStringValue("Undefined");
            }
        }
    }
}