Question

I have a JSON like this one:

{
    "name" : "MyCustomName",
    "my_node" : {
        "name" : "my_node_name"
    },
    "dict1":"value1",
    "dict2":"value2",
    "dict3":"value3",
    ...
}

and an object:

class Node{
    string value;
}

class Sample:IDictionary<string, string>{ 
    Node node;
    string name; 
} 

Node and Name in Sample class are always present.
The thing is I don’t know how many “dictN” fields will be… and that’s the point.

And the question is:
How to Deserialize that JSON to this Object?

Answer 1

Edit: apparently even with field names harmonized, your deserializer just can’t cope with specific fields combined with general dictionary fields.

In which case, I’d just advise deserializing as a Dictionary<string, object> and building with the result:

var d = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Dictionary<string, object>>(json);
Sample s = new Sample();
s.name = (string)d["name"];
Node n = new Node();
n.value = (string)((Dictionary<string, object>)d["my_node"])["name"];
foreach (var key in d.Keys.Except(new string[] { "name", "my_node" }))
{
    s.Add(key, (string)d[key]);
}