My JSON is as follows:
{"t":"1339886","a":true,"data":[],"Type":[['Ants','Biz','Tro']]}
I found the Newtonsoft JSON.NET deserialize library for C#. I tried to use it as follow:
object JsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Json);
How can I access to the JsonDe object to get all the "Type" Data? I tried it with a loop but it is not working because the object does not have an enumerator.
You can implement a class that holds the fields you have in your JSON
class MyData
{
public string t;
public bool a;
public object[] data;
public string[][] type;
}
and then use the generic version of DeserializeObject:
MyData tmp = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyData>(json);
foreach (string typeStr in tmp.type[0])
{
// Do something with typeStr
}
Documentation: Serializing and Deserializing JSON
MyData tmp = (MyData)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);. The generic version of deserialize works much better, thanks. :-)
dotnet add package Newtonsoft.Json and using Newtonsoft.Json;.As of Json.NET 4.0 Release 1, there is native dynamic support.
You don't need to declare a class, just use dynamic :
dynamic jsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
All the fields will be available:
foreach (string typeStr in jsonDe.Type[0])
{
// Do something with typeStr
}
string t = jsonDe.t;
bool a = jsonDe.a;
object[] data = jsonDe.data;
string[][] type = jsonDe.Type;
With dynamic you don't need to create a specific class to hold your data.
dynamic : )
As per the Newtonsoft Documentation you can also deserialize to an anonymous object like this:
var definition = new { Name = "" };
string json1 = @"{'Name':'James'}";
var customer1 = JsonConvert.DeserializeAnonymousType(json1, definition);
Console.WriteLine(customer1.Name);
// James
definition, how should I use DeserializeAnonymousType in this case?
//Your snippet
object JsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(Json);
//what you need to do
JObject JsonDe = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JObject>(Json);
Now you have and object with suitable properties and methods to work with the data.
You could also use Dictionary<string,object> instead of JObject. However, there are other alternatives, strongly-type though.
NewtonSoft.Json is an excellent library. I have used it for many use cases.
The beauty of json is that one can create schemas dynamically. Therefore we need to be able to write generic code to work with them
