Deserializing A JSON Array Then Convert Result To .Net Object

Question

User1231829591 posted

I have tried to deserialize a JSON array and convert the result into a dotnet object using the JavaScriptSerializer 

List<Dom> styleList = (List<Dom>)jSerializer.Deserialize(jsonString, typeof(List<Dom>))

It gave me the error

Type 'System.String' is not supported for deserialization of an array.

After searching the error above online, I came across a post where someone suggested that this problem could be solved using JSON.Net

To my disappointment, JSON.Net also gave me an error. I got the error 

Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: 
[. Path '[0].Style', line 1, position 22.

Below are my json string which contains escaped double quotes and my C# code to deserialize the JSON string.

string jsonString = "[{\"ID\":\"xx\", \"Style\":[{\"font-size\": \" 2em\", \"color\": \"blue\"}]}]"

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.PopulateObject(jsonString, styleList);

I had already verified that the json string is valid in jsonlint.com so at the moment I don't know where I went wrong. 

Please point out what I am doing incorrectly, thanks in advance for your input.

Answer 1

User1869050296 posted

response = JObject.Parse(jsonString);

response.ToObject<YourObjectHere>();

Answer 2

User347430248 posted

Hi ManyTitles,

you can try to do something like below.

using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

JavaScriptSerializer oJS = new JavaScriptSerializer();
RootObject oRootObject = new RootObject();
oRootObject = oJS.Deserialize<RootObject>(Your JSon String);

For more information regarding DE serializing visit the link below.

How to: Serialize and Deserialize JSON Data

Regards

Deepak