-Added improved support for deserializing immutable structs

Src/Newtonsoft.Json.Tests/Serialization/JsonSerializerTest.cs

@@ -96,6 +96,48 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Tests.Serialization
     [TestFixture]
     public class JsonSerializerTest : TestFixtureBase
     {
+        public struct ImmutableStruct
+        {
+            public ImmutableStruct(string value)
+            {
+                Value = value;
+                Value2 = 0;
+            }
+
+            public string Value { get; }
+            public int Value2 { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeImmutableStruct()
+        {
+            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ImmutableStruct>("{ \"Value\": \"working\", \"Value2\": 2 }");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual("working", result.Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Value2);
+        }
+
+        public struct AlmostImmutableStruct
+        {
+            public AlmostImmutableStruct(string value, int value2)
+            {
+                Value = value;
+                Value2 = value2;
+            }
+
+            public string Value { get; }
+            public int Value2 { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DeserializeAlmostImmutableStruct()
+        {
+            var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<AlmostImmutableStruct>("{ \"Value\": \"working\", \"Value2\": 2 }");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(null, result.Value);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, result.Value2);
+        }
+
         public class ErroringClass
         {
             public DateTime Tags { get; set; }

Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Serialization/DefaultContractResolver.cs

@@ -373,6 +373,17 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
                         contract.CreatorParameters.AddRange(CreateConstructorParameters(constructor, contract.Properties));
                     }
                 }
+                else if (contract.NonNullableUnderlyingType.IsValueType())
+                {
+                    // value types always have default constructor
+                    // check whether there is a constructor that matches with non-writable properties on value type
+                    ConstructorInfo constructor = GetImmutableConstructor(contract.NonNullableUnderlyingType, contract.Properties);
+                    if (constructor != null)
+                    {
+                        contract.OverrideCreator = JsonTypeReflector.ReflectionDelegateFactory.CreateParameterizedConstructor(constructor);
+                        contract.CreatorParameters.AddRange(CreateConstructorParameters(constructor, contract.Properties));
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             MemberInfo extensionDataMember = GetExtensionDataMemberForType(contract.NonNullableUnderlyingType);
@@ -566,6 +577,35 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
             return null;
         }
 
+        private ConstructorInfo GetImmutableConstructor(Type objectType, JsonPropertyCollection memberProperties)
+        {
+            IEnumerable<ConstructorInfo> constructors = objectType.GetConstructors();
+            IEnumerator<ConstructorInfo> en = constructors.GetEnumerator();
+            if (en.MoveNext())
+            {
+                ConstructorInfo constructor = en.Current;
+                if (!en.MoveNext())
+                {
+                    ParameterInfo[] parameters = constructor.GetParameters();
+                    if (parameters.Length > 0)
+                    {
+                        foreach (ParameterInfo parameterInfo in parameters)
+                        {
+                            var memberProperty = MatchProperty(memberProperties, parameterInfo.Name, parameterInfo.ParameterType);
+                            if (memberProperty == null || memberProperty.Writable)
+                            {
+                                return null;
+                            }
+                        }
+
+                        return constructor;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         private ConstructorInfo GetParameterizedConstructor(Type objectType)
         {
 #if PORTABLE
@@ -603,15 +643,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
 
             foreach (ParameterInfo parameterInfo in constructorParameters)
             {
-                // it is possible to generate a ParameterInfo with a null name using Reflection.Emit
-                // protect against an ArgumentNullException from GetClosestMatchProperty by testing for null here
-                JsonProperty matchingMemberProperty = (parameterInfo.Name != null) ? memberProperties.GetClosestMatchProperty(parameterInfo.Name) : null;
-
-                // type must match as well as name
-                if (matchingMemberProperty != null && matchingMemberProperty.PropertyType != parameterInfo.ParameterType)
-                {
-                    matchingMemberProperty = null;
-                }
+                JsonProperty matchingMemberProperty = MatchProperty(memberProperties, parameterInfo.Name, parameterInfo.ParameterType);
 
                 // ensure that property will have a name from matching property or from parameterinfo
                 // parameterinfo could have no name if generated by a proxy (I'm looking at you Castle)
@@ -629,6 +661,25 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization
             return parameterCollection;
         }
 
+        private JsonProperty MatchProperty(JsonPropertyCollection properties, string name, Type type)
+        {
+            // it is possible to generate a member with a null name using Reflection.Emit
+            // protect against an ArgumentNullException from GetClosestMatchProperty by testing for null here
+            if (name == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            JsonProperty property = properties.GetClosestMatchProperty(name);
+            // must match type as well as name
+            if (property == null || property.PropertyType != type)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            return property;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a <see cref="JsonProperty"/> for the given <see cref="ParameterInfo"/>.
         /// </summary>