Array/List/Object to JSON Issue

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I have a question related to serialising list/array to JSON. This is done in a WFS and I'm using it's serialization (ie not doing any on my own) This is the rough code of what I have:

[DataContract]
public class MyObject
{
  [DataMember]
  string name;
  [DataMember]
  string value;
  public MyObject(string n, string v)
  {
     name = n;
    value = v;
  }
}

Then I have a list of these objects:

List <MyObject> lst = new List <MyObject>();
lst.add(new MyObject("Surname", "Smith"));
return lst;

Now the resultant JSON is something like:

[{"name":"Surname", "value":"Smith"}]

What I would however like to get is:

[{"Surname":"Smith"}]

What am I doing wrong in my object definition, or elsewhere?

Thanks

user663470 · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19 11:17:08Z

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Use json.net from newtonsoft. It serialises in the form you want.

answered Feb 19, 2013 at 11:17

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user281921 Over a year ago

yes but it returns in string format which breaks things form me (ie: it inserts escape characters). I also don't really want to use that library if WCF already has serialization, would like to avoid 3rd party dependence.

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