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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
+
+namespace StardewModdingAPI.Framework.Serialisation
+{
+    /// <summary>A variant of <see cref="StringEnumConverter"/> which only converts certain enums.</summary>
+    internal class SelectiveStringEnumConverter : StringEnumConverter
+    {
+        /*********
+        ** Properties
+        *********/
+        /// <summary>The enum type names to convert.</summary>
+        private readonly HashSet<string> Types;
+
+
+        /*********
+        ** Public methods
+        *********/
+        /// <summary>Construct an instance.</summary>
+        /// <param name="types">The enum types to convert.</param>
+        public SelectiveStringEnumConverter(params Type[] types)
+        {
+            this.Types = new HashSet<string>(types.Select(p => p.FullName));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>Get whether this instance can convert the specified object type.</summary>
+        /// <param name="type">The object type.</param>
+        public override bool CanConvert(Type type)
+        {
+            return
+                base.CanConvert(type)
+                && this.Types.Contains((Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type) ?? type).FullName);
+        }
+    }
+}