JsonUtility custom scruct array

Hi,

Im trying out the new JsonUtility but im having some issues. I have an array of a custom type but it fails to deserialize and thows "Unexpected node type." I tried making it a class, deriving it from UnityEngine.Object, even ScriptableObject but it didnt work. The type has the System.Serializable attribute.

 

Don't inherit from ScriptableObject or UnityEngine.Object. Those are unity objects that are serialized and deserialized in a much different way.

Json serialization is more data-centric than unity object centric.

What was the struct you tried to serialize/deserialize? Were any of its fields a type that wasn't easily serialized, or a unity object itself?

 

the struct just contains 3 string fields

 

Unity Json utility has a very annoying error that can't be catched.
Please vote this issue here:
https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/is...ng-jsonutility-dot-fromjsonoverwrite-function

This error can happen if for example you get a malformed json and you want to handle the exception gracefully in your code by catching it. But this error is not catch-able.