deserializing JSON to .net object using NewtonSoft

Question

I am using Newtonsoft's JSON Parser.

i obtain json in response. and each time it may be different. Possible variants:
1.

[
       {
        "type": "typing",
           "updates": [
               {
                   "__type": "qwerty"
                }
            ]
        }
]

2.

[ 
    {
        "token": 1111,
        "type": "msg",
        "updates": [           
            {
                "__type": "asdfg",
                ....
            },
            {
                "__type": "asdfg",
                ....
            },
        ]
    },
    {
        "type": "typing",
        "updates": [
            {
                "__type": "qwerty"
            }
        ]
    }
]

The question is, what structure my object should have to parse any type of json?

var jToken = JToken.Parse(myResponse);
var obj = jToken.ToObject<MyObject>();

class MyObject
{
// what structure should i have here?
}

L.B · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 11:47:03Z

2

they are not different objects. Your service returns an object array where each object contains an "updates" array

var myobj =   JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject[]>(json);

public class MyObject
{
    public string token;
    public string type;
    public Update[] updates;
}
public class Update
{
    public string __type;
}

edited Feb 13, 2012 at 11:47

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 11:40

L.B

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Maxim Gershkovich · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 11:42:52Z

0

I would suggest looking into one of the built in JSON serializors for .NET.

One (The better of the two) is found in System.Runtime.Serialization.Json.DataContractJsonSerializer

The other is in System.Web.Script.Serialization

Here is a detailed description of how to use DataContractJsonSerializer.

edited Feb 13, 2012 at 11:42

answered Feb 13, 2012 at 11:34

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