Create JSON multi-level with Json.NET in c#

Question

i have 2 class:

class Employee
{
    string name;
    string age;
}

class Departments
{
    string branch;
    Employee A;
}

Declare new list:

List<Departments> lstDp = new List<Departments>();

after get/set and Add Employee into the list ... i have a LIST of Departments include Employee info. And then:

string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(lstDp, Newtonsoft.Json.Formatting.Indented);

but the output JSON string only contain element "branch". What's wrong with this? I want the output like this:

[
  {
    "branch": "NY",
    "Employee": {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "age": "29",
    }
  }
]

1) your fields are not public, they won't be serialized 2) Your json is not correct. There will be no Employee string in the output. It will be A 3) A is not a list. It is a single employee. — L.B
– L.B, Commented Oct 19, 2012 at 6:07

Pavel Bakshy · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-19 06:05:56Z

2

The problem can be that some of class members is private. Just tested:

class Employee
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Age { get; set; }
}

class Departments
{
    public string Branch { get; set; }
    public Employee Employee { get; set; }
}

And

var lstDp = new List<Departments> {
            new Departments {
                Branch = "NY",
                Employee = new Employee { Age = "29", Name = "John Smith" }
            }
        };
var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(lstDp, Formatting.Indented);

Works fine.

answered Oct 19, 2012 at 6:05

Pavel Bakshy

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KyorCode · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-19 06:00:27Z

1

The Departmentshould contain an IEnumerable<Employee> not just an Employee

answered Oct 19, 2012 at 6:00

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