Perhaps I'm too tired and I'm hallucinating or maybe there's actually something wrong with C# + Mono!!
I was testing and debugging in Json.Net while I came across SetPropertyValue method of class JsonSerializerInternalReader. This method calls another private method named CalculatePropertyDetails. One of the arguments passed to CalculatePropertyDetails is called reader of type JsonReader. This object has got value before it is passed to the CalculatePropertyDetails method and it's null afterwards!!
I know it sounds so stupid and believe me I'm not naive, but what could have happened in order to see such strange behavior? Can anyone come up with a rational explanation? All I know is that this project is not multi-threaded and the results are reproducible.
The only proof I've got is the two entries on top of my call stack:
Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.CalculatePropertyDetails (property={Id}, propertyConverter={JsonRpcTest.ObjectIdConverter}, containerContract={Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonObjectContract}, containerProperty=(null), reader=(null), target=(null), useExistingValue=false, currentValue=(null), propertyContract=(null), gottenCurrentValue=false) in Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs:792
Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonSerializerInternalReader.SetPropertyValue (property={Id}, propertyConverter={JsonRpcTest.ObjectIdConverter}, containerContract={Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization.JsonObjectContract}, containerProperty=(null), reader={Newtonsoft.Json.JsonTextReader}, target={JsonRpcTest.E}) in Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/JsonSerializerInternalReader.cs:750
Look for reader argument.
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, Mono 3.2.3 and Monodevelop 4.1.7 and project is developed using Mono / .Net 4.5.
[UPDATE]
Here's a part of code from where SetPropertyValue is defined and where CalculatePropertyDetails is called:
private bool SetPropertyValue(JsonProperty property, JsonConverter propertyConverter, JsonContainerContract containerContract, JsonProperty containerProperty, JsonReader reader, object target)
{
object currentValue;
bool useExistingValue;
JsonContract propertyContract;
bool gottenCurrentValue;
if (CalculatePropertyDetails(property, ref propertyConverter, containerContract, containerProperty, reader, target, out useExistingValue, out currentValue, out propertyContract, out gottenCurrentValue))
return false;
