Question

I am writing a deserializer callback method to parse some Json response in C# silverlight.

But the problem is the response is constructed by a bunch of objects and not in an array form.

To be specific, normally when we want to parse something from a json, if that’s a list of object, it will look like this in some Json visualizer:

we can do something like:

DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(ObjType[]));
ObjType[] response = (ObjType[])jsonSerializer.ReadObject(stream);

But now I have the Json file that the structure looks like this:

In this case I dont think I can parse it to an array since the objects are individual and not in an array structure.

A sample of the Json file is:

[
   {
      "Name":"Mike",
      "Gender":"male",
   },
   {
      "Name":"Lucy",
      "Gender":"Female ",
   },
   {
      "Name":"Jack",
      "Gender":"Male",
   }
]

So I am wondering if there is any way I can parse this kind of Json file to an array of defined object.

Answer 1

This works for me

string json = @"[
    {
        ""Name"":""Mike"",
        ""Gender"":""male""
    },
    {
        ""Name"":""Lucy"",
        ""Gender"":""Female ""
    },
    {
        ""Name"":""Jack"",
        ""Gender"":""Male""
    }
]";
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(json));

DataContractJsonSerializer jsonSerializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(ObjType[]));
ObjType[] response = (ObjType[])jsonSerializer.ReadObject(stream);

–

[DataContract]
public class ObjType
{
    [DataMember]
    public string Name;
    [DataMember]
    public string Gender;
}