I am using Json.Net to deserialize
I have a c# class that has a property of this type of enum:
public enum MyEnum { House, Cat, Dog } The Json I have:
"MyEnum ": "House", "MyEnum ": "Cat", "MyEnum ": "Doc<woof>" House and Cat deserializes, but Dog<woof> of course doesn't. How can I get Json.Net to ignore or handle the woof ?
You will need to define a custom JsonConverter. This might look something like this:
class MyEnumConverter : JsonConverter<MyEnum> { public override MyEnum ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, MyEnum existingValue, bool hasExistingValue, JsonSerializer serializer) { var token = reader.Value as string ?? reader.Value.ToString(); var stripped = Regex.Replace(token, @"<[^>]+>", string.Empty); if (Enum.TryParse<MyEnum>(stripped, out var result)) { return result; } return default(MyEnum); } public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, MyEnum value, JsonSerializer serializer) { writer.WriteValue(value.ToString()); } } Then decorate your enum with a [JsonConverter] attribute:
[JsonConverter(typeof(MyEnumConverter))] enum MyEnum { House, Dog, Cat, } 
<woof>part in the first place? An enum is the wrong type to use here if your values are not themselves valid enumerations.