Fix #228

src/OneWare.Core/Dock/OneWareDockSerializer.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Text;
 using Dock.Model.Core;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ public sealed class OneWareDockSerializer : IDockSerializer
 {
     private readonly JsonSerializerSettings _settings;
 
-    public OneWareDockSerializer(IServiceProvider provider)
+    public OneWareDockSerializer(IServiceProvider provider, ILogger logger)
     {
         _settings = new JsonSerializerSettings
         {
@@ -20,10 +21,16 @@ public OneWareDockSerializer(IServiceProvider provider)
             ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Serialize,
             ContractResolver = new OneWareContractResolver(typeof(ObservableCollection<>), provider),
             NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
+            SerializationBinder = new SilentErrorSerializationBinder(),
             Converters =
             {
                 new NoSerializeLayoutListConverter(),
                 new KeyValuePairConverter()
+            },
+            Error = (sender, args) => 
+            {
+                logger.LogError($"JSON Deserialization Error at {args.ErrorContext.Path}: {args.ErrorContext.Error.Message}");
+                args.ErrorContext.Handled = true;
             }
         };
     }

src/OneWare.Core/Dock/SilentErrorSerializationBinder.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace OneWare.Core.Dock;
+
+public class SilentErrorSerializationBinder : DefaultSerializationBinder
+{
+    public override Type BindToType(string? assemblyName, string typeName)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            return base.BindToType(assemblyName, typeName);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return null; 
+        }
+    }
+}

src/OneWare.Core/Services/MainDockService.cs

@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ public class MainDockService : Factory, IMainDockService
     public MainDockService(ICompositeServiceProvider serviceProvider, IPaths paths, IWindowService windowService,
         IApplicationStateService applicationStateService,
         WelcomeScreenViewModel welcomeScreenViewModel, IFileWatchService fileWatchService,
-        MainDocumentDockViewModel mainDocumentDockViewModel)
+        MainDocumentDockViewModel mainDocumentDockViewModel, ILogger logger)
     {
         _paths = paths;
         _welcomeScreenViewModel = welcomeScreenViewModel;
         _mainDocumentDockViewModel = mainDocumentDockViewModel;
         _fileWatchService = fileWatchService;
-        _serializer = new OneWareDockSerializer(serviceProvider);
+        _serializer = new OneWareDockSerializer(serviceProvider, logger);
 
         _documentViewRegistrations.Add("*", typeof(EditViewModel));