C# object representation of JSON string

Question

I have the following JSON string:

{
    "region" : { 
        "center" : {
            "title" : "Center Region"
        },
        "east" : {
            "title" : "East Region - Form"
        }
    },
    "buttons" : {
        "save" : "Save"
    },
    "fields" : {
        "labels" : {
            "firstName" : "First Name",
            "lastName" : "Last Name",
            "chooseLocale" : "Choose Your Locale"
        }
    }
}

I was wondering whether this (see below) is the correct representation of the JSON string in C#:

public class Region 
{
    public Region() { }
}

public class Center : Region
{
    public Center() { }
    public string title { get; set; }
}

public class East : Region
{
    public East() { }
    public string title { get; set; }
}

public class Buttons
{
    public Buttons() { }
    public string save { get; set; }
}

public class Fields
{
    public Fields() { }
}

public class Labels : Fields
{
    public Labels() { }
    public string firstName { get; set; }
    public string lastName { get; set; }
    public string chooseLocale { get; set; }
}

I need the correct object representation which I can then serialize using JsonConvert.SerializeObject(object); in order to produce the JSON string above.

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– khellang, Commented Mar 13, 2014 at 15:32

Yousuf · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-13 15:29:53Z

1

Try this

public class Center
{
    public string title { get; set; }
}

public class East
{
    public string title { get; set; }
}

public class Region
{
    public Center center { get; set; }
    public East east { get; set; }
}

public class Buttons
{
    public string save { get; set; }
}

public class Labels
{
    public string firstName { get; set; }
    public string lastName { get; set; }
    public string chooseLocale { get; set; }
}

public class Fields
{
    public Labels labels { get; set; }
}

public class RootObject
{
    public Region region { get; set; }
    public Buttons buttons { get; set; }
    public Fields fields { get; set; }
}

answered Mar 13, 2014 at 15:29

Yousuf

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2 Comments

RoughPlace Over a year ago

i see what you did there

Yousuf Over a year ago

Try json2csharp.com as Yakyb has specified :) .

Sam Leach · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-13 15:31:26Z

0

Why are you using inheritance?

Your Json describes has a relationships, not is a relationships

The hierarchy goes:

region has center, east

buttons has save

fields has labels

labels has firstName, lastName, chooseLocale

Bold are root

answered Mar 13, 2014 at 15:31

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