SilentOrbit.JsonDiff 0.1.5

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dotnet add package SilentOrbit.JsonDiff --version 0.1.5

NuGet\Install-Package SilentOrbit.JsonDiff -Version 0.1.5

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="SilentOrbit.JsonDiff" Version="0.1.5" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="SilentOrbit.JsonDiff" Version="0.1.5" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="SilentOrbit.JsonDiff" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add SilentOrbit.JsonDiff --version 0.1.5

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

#r "nuget: SilentOrbit.JsonDiff, 0.1.5"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package SilentOrbit.JsonDiff@0.1.5

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=SilentOrbit.JsonDiff&version=0.1.5
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=SilentOrbit.JsonDiff&version=0.1.5
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

The NuGet Team does not provide support for this client. Please contact its maintainers for support.

JsonDiff

Calculate difference between objects of the same type.

The difference is presented in a generated MyClass.Diff class that can be serialized with System.Text.Json.

JSON format

The goal is to have a compact and readable format.

The serialized format is similar to JSON Merge Patch but with some significant differences.

JsonDiff is not working with generic JSON documents, its strongly typed to the classes marked up.
JsonDiff differentiates between full and partial object replace. This is seen in the JSON format where partial replacements are prefixed with "^".

Example: A is completly replaced by the new values.

{
  "A": { "B": 3, "C": 4 }
}

Example: A is partially modified, C is replaced by 4 and B is not modified.

{
  "^A": { "C": 4 }
}

Further on other symbol prefixes may be used for other operations not yet supported. For example list or substring manipulation.

Code Example

See examples in Demo

Features

Assign attributes to control the source generation.

Class Attribute

Assign this to every class that will be compared on a per property level. Classes missing this will be treated as "immutable", any change will be indicated by a complete copy.

[JsonDiffClass]

Property Attributes

Installing

Two options: NuGet package or from source.

NuGet

Install NuGet package: SilentOrbit.JsonDiff

Sample: Demo.NuGet on GitHub

Source

Clone JsonDiff on GitHub

Sample: Demo.Source on GitHub (Same Repo)

Configurations

Demo.csproj has 3 extra configurations. The purpose of these are to enable one time source generation.

Debug and Release behaves as normal, using the source generator.

GenerateSource Generates the source and saves it inside the project, allowing you to save the source code in git.

The saved source code is only used in DebugGenerated and ReleaseGenerated.
You may choose to copy the configuration from these into your project, allowing one time code generation.

Configuration	Source Generation	Save to "Generated"	Build
Debug	Yes	No	Newly generated
Release	Yes	No	Newly generated
GenerateSource (Debug)	Yes	Yes	Newly generated
DebugGenerated	No	No	Previously generated
ReleaseGenerated	No	No	Previously generated

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 was computed. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 was computed. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.
.NET Core	netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed.
.NET Standard	netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed.
.NET Framework	net461 was computed. net462 was computed. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed.
MonoAndroid	monoandroid was computed.
MonoMac	monomac was computed.
MonoTouch	monotouch was computed.
Tizen	tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed.
Xamarin.iOS	xamarinios was computed.
Xamarin.Mac	xamarinmac was computed.
Xamarin.TVOS	xamarintvos was computed.
Xamarin.WatchOS	xamarinwatchos was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

.NETStandard 2.0
- SilentOrbit.JsonDiff.Abstractions (>= 0.1.5)
- SilentOrbit.JsonDiff.Generator (>= 0.1.5)

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

Version	Downloads	Last Updated
0.1.5	2	12/30/2025
0.1.2	26	12/30/2025
0.1.1	38	12/30/2025