Complex deserialization of objects from JSON

Sometimes we need to deserialize JSON into an object model. Here, I'll explain deserialization of objects belonging to a class hierarchy with a support of different formats using Newtonsoft Json.Net library.

Deferred sorting of collections

Recently I faced a problem of storing sorting information for later use. Sorting is easy if you already have a collection to sort. Just use LINQ extension methods. But what if you don't have the collection yet? What if you'll get the collection later, but you need to store sorting rules now? Here I'll tell you, how it can be done.