1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/WixToolset.Data/SourceLineNumber.cs b/src/WixToolset.Data/SourceLineNumber.cs
index 87a36132..742f6e9d 100644
--- a/src/WixToolset.Data/SourceLineNumber.cs
+++ b/src/WixToolset.Data/SourceLineNumber.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ namespace WixToolset.Data
     using System.Text;
     using System.Xml;
     using System.Xml.Linq;
+    using SimpleJson;
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents file name and line number for source file
@@ -62,6 +63,38 @@ namespace WixToolset.Data
             }
         }
 
+        internal static SourceLineNumber Deserialize(JsonObject jsonObject)
+        {
+            var fileName = jsonObject.GetValueOrDefault<string>("file");
+            var lineNumber = jsonObject.GetValueOrDefault("line", null);
+
+            var parentJson = jsonObject.GetValueOrDefault<JsonObject>("parent");
+            var parent = (parentJson == null) ? null : SourceLineNumber.Deserialize(parentJson);
+
+            return new SourceLineNumber(fileName)
+            {
+                LineNumber = lineNumber,
+                Parent = parent
+            };
+        }
+
+        internal JsonObject Serialize()
+        {
+            var jsonObject = new JsonObject
+            {
+                { "file", this.FileName },
+                { "line", this.LineNumber }
+            };
+
+            if (this.Parent != null)
+            {
+                var parentJson = this.Parent.Serialize();
+                jsonObject.Add("parent", parentJson);
+            }
+
+            return jsonObject;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a source line number from an encoded string.
         /// </summary>