TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> LocMetaDataValueToJsonValue( const TSharedRef< FLocMetadataValue > MetadataValue )
{
    switch( MetadataValue->Type )
    {
    case ELocMetadataType::Boolean:
    {
        return MakeShareable( new FJsonValueBoolean( MetadataValue->AsBool() ) );
    }
    break;

    case ELocMetadataType::String:
    {
        return MakeShareable( new FJsonValueString( MetadataValue->AsString() ) );
    }
    break;

    case ELocMetadataType::Array:
    {
        TArray< TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> > JsonArrayVals;
        TArray< TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataValue > > MetaDataArray = MetadataValue->AsArray();

        MetaDataArray.Sort( FCompareLocMetadataValue() );
        for( auto ArrayIter = MetaDataArray.CreateConstIterator(); ArrayIter; ++ArrayIter )
        {
            const TSharedPtr<FLocMetadataValue>& Item = *ArrayIter;
            if( Item.IsValid() )
            {
                TSharedPtr<FJsonValue> Entry = LocMetaDataValueToJsonValue( Item.ToSharedRef() );
                if( Entry.IsValid() )
                {
                    JsonArrayVals.Add( Entry );
                }
            }
        }

        if( JsonArrayVals.Num() > 0 )
        {
            return MakeShareable( new FJsonValueArray( JsonArrayVals ) );
        }
    }
    break;

    case ELocMetadataType::Object:
    {
        TSharedPtr< FJsonObject > JsonSubObject = MakeShareable( new FJsonObject );
        TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataObject > MetaDataObject = MetadataValue->AsObject();
        for( auto ValueIter = MetaDataObject->Values.CreateConstIterator(); ValueIter; ++ValueIter )
        {
            const FString Name = (*ValueIter).Key;
            TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataValue > Value = (*ValueIter).Value;
            if( Value.IsValid() )
            {
                TSharedPtr< FJsonValue > JsonValue = LocMetaDataValueToJsonValue( Value.ToSharedRef() );
                if( JsonValue.IsValid() )
                {
                    JsonSubObject->SetField( Name, JsonValue );
                }
            }
        }

        // Sorting by key is probably sufficient for now but ideally we would sort the resulting json object using
        //  the same logic that is in the FLocMetadata < operator
        JsonSubObject->Values.KeySort( TLess<FString>() );

        return MakeShareable( new FJsonValueObject(JsonSubObject) );
    }

    default:
        break;
    }
    return NULL;
}
TSharedPtr<FLocMetadataValue> JSonValueToLocMetaDataValue( const TSharedRef< FJsonValue > JsonValue )
{
    switch( JsonValue->Type )
    {
    case EJson::Boolean:
    {
        return MakeShareable( new FLocMetadataValueBoolean( JsonValue->AsBool() ) );
    }
    break;
    case EJson::String:
    {
        return MakeShareable( new FLocMetadataValueString( JsonValue->AsString() ) );
    }
    break;
    case EJson::Array:
    {
        TArray< TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataValue > > MetadataArray;
        TArray< TSharedPtr< FJsonValue > > JsonArray = JsonValue->AsArray();
        for( auto ArrayIter = JsonArray.CreateConstIterator(); ArrayIter; ++ArrayIter )
        {
            const TSharedPtr< FJsonValue >& Item = *ArrayIter;
            if( Item.IsValid() )
            {
                TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataValue > Entry = JSonValueToLocMetaDataValue( Item.ToSharedRef() );
                if( Entry.IsValid() )
                {
                    MetadataArray.Add( Entry );
                }
            }
        }
        if( MetadataArray.Num() > 0 )
        {
            return MakeShareable( new FLocMetadataValueArray( MetadataArray ) );
        }
    }
    break;
    case EJson::Object:
    {
        TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataObject > MetadataSubObject = MakeShareable( new FLocMetadataObject );
        TSharedPtr< FJsonObject > JsonObject = JsonValue->AsObject();
        for( auto ValueIter = JsonObject->Values.CreateConstIterator(); ValueIter; ++ValueIter )
        {
            const FString Name = (*ValueIter).Key;
            TSharedPtr< FJsonValue > Value = (*ValueIter).Value;
            if( Value.IsValid() )
            {
                TSharedPtr< FLocMetadataValue > MetadataValue = JSonValueToLocMetaDataValue( Value.ToSharedRef() );
                if( MetadataValue.IsValid() )
                {
                    MetadataSubObject->SetField( Name, MetadataValue );
                }
            }
        }
        return MakeShareable( new FLocMetadataValueObject(MetadataSubObject) );
    }
    break;
    default:
    {
        // At the moment we do not support all the json types as metadata.  In the future these types will be handled in a way that they can be stored in an unprocessed way.
    }
    break;
    }

    return NULL;
}