JsonParser Fails to Inherit Reference Object Type

[NJordan72]

Take the following JSON Schema

{
  "$defs": {
    "ParentObject": {
      "properties": {
          "child": {
             "type": "string"
          }
      },
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "parent": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/ParentObject"
    }
  }
}

We would expect this to inherit the object type from ParentObject but instead on input

{"parent": {"child": "test"}}'

we get Exception: Unsupported type None. To fix we have to declare an an object type directly.

[noamgat]

I'm not sure this is correct. Why should the top level object be classified as an object? Its relation to the ParentObject is that the value of key "parent" is ParentObject, but that doesn't indicate that the top level object in this case is an object in itself. Is there something in the JSON schema spec that says otherwise?

Indeed, adding "type": "object" to the top level object fixes it, and from my (maybe incomplete) understanding, I think that is expected behavior.

[NJordan72]

I think it should be inhereting the object type because the reference is, in fact, defined as an object:

{
    "ParentObject": {
        "properties": {
            "child": {
                "type": "string"
            }
        },
        "type": "object"
    }
}

My understanding of how references should work is basically to treat the inner value of the reference as if it was replaced inline.