Don't Serialize in GetValue<> of Dictionary Extensions

src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Contents/Workflows/Activities/ContentActivity.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,19 @@ public override async Task OnWorkflowRestartingAsync(WorkflowExecutionContext wo
 
             if (workflowContext.Input.TryGetValue(ContentEventConstants.ContentEventInputKey, out var contentEvent))
             {
-                var contentEventContext = ((JsonObject)contentEvent).ToObject<ContentEventContext>();
+                if (contentEvent is not JsonObject jsonObject)
+                {
+                    jsonObject = [];
+                    if (contentEvent is Dictionary<string, object> items)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var item in items)
+                        {
+                            jsonObject[item.Key] = JsonSerializer.SerializeToNode(item.Value);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var contentEventContext = jsonObject.ToObject<ContentEventContext>();
 
                 if (contentEventContext?.ContentItemVersionId != null)
                 {
@@ -93,11 +105,23 @@ public override async Task OnWorkflowRestartingAsync(WorkflowExecutionContext wo
 
             if (contentItem == null && workflowContext.Input.TryGetValue(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey, out var contentItemEvent))
             {
-                var item = ((JsonObject)contentItemEvent).ToObject<ContentItem>();
+                if (contentItemEvent is not JsonObject jsonObject)
+                {
+                    jsonObject = [];
+                    if (contentEvent is Dictionary<string, object> items)
+                    {
+                        foreach (var item in items)
+                        {
+                            jsonObject[item.Key] = JsonSerializer.SerializeToNode(item.Value);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                var existingContentItem = jsonObject.ToObject<ContentItem>();
 
-                if (item?.ContentItemId != null)
+                if (existingContentItem?.ContentItemId != null)
                 {
-                    contentItem = await ContentManager.GetAsync(item.ContentItemId);
+                    contentItem = await ContentManager.GetAsync(existingContentItem.ContentItemId);
                 }
             }
 
@@ -135,8 +159,8 @@ protected virtual async Task<IContent> GetContentAsync(WorkflowExecutionContext
             else
             {
                 // If no expression was provided, see if the content item was provided as an input or as a property.
-                content = workflowContext.Input.GetValue<ContentItem>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey)
-                    ?? workflowContext.Properties.GetValue<ContentItem>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey);
+                content = workflowContext.Input.GetValue<IContent>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey)
+                    ?? workflowContext.Properties.GetValue<IContent>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey);
             }
 
             if (content?.ContentItem?.ContentItemId != null)

src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Contents/Workflows/Activities/UpdateContentTask.cs

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public async override Task<ActivityExecutionResult> ExecuteAsync(WorkflowExecuti
             }
             else
             {
-                contentItem = workflowContext.Input.GetValue<ContentItem>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey)?.ContentItem;
+                contentItem = workflowContext.Input.GetValue<IContent>(ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey)?.ContentItem;
             }
 
             if (contentItem == null)

src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Contents/Workflows/Handlers/ContentsHandler.cs

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private Task<IEnumerable<WorkflowExecutionContext>> TriggerWorkflowEventAsync(st
             var input = new Dictionary<string, object>
             {
                 { ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey, contentItem },
-                { ContentEventConstants.ContentEventInputKey, contentEvent }
+                { ContentEventConstants.ContentEventInputKey, contentEvent },
             };
 
             return _workflowManager.TriggerEventAsync(name, input, correlationId: contentItem.ContentItemId);

src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Workflows/UserTasks/Drivers/UserTaskEventContentDriver.cs

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public override async Task<IDisplayResult> UpdateAsync(ContentItem model, IUpdat
                     {
                         { ContentEventConstants.UserActionInputKey, action },
                         { ContentEventConstants.ContentItemInputKey, model },
-                        { ContentEventConstants.ContentEventInputKey, contentEvent }
+                        { ContentEventConstants.ContentEventInputKey, contentEvent },
                     };
 
                     await _workflowManager.TriggerEventAsync(nameof(UserTaskEvent), input, correlationId: model.ContentItemId);

src/OrchardCore/OrchardCore.Workflows.Abstractions/Helpers/DictionaryExtensions.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace OrchardCore.Workflows.Helpers
 {
@@ -25,14 +24,7 @@ public static TValue GetValue<TValue>(this IDictionary<string, object> dictionar
                 return default;
             }
 
-            if (value is not TValue castedValue)
-            {
-                var json = JConvert.SerializeObject(value);
-
-                return JConvert.DeserializeObject<TValue>(json);
-            }
-
-            return castedValue;
+            return (TValue)value;
         }
 
         /// <summary>