Question

I have a large object in C# that i would like to write (serialize) to a .json file. I then want to read this .json file and be able to deserialize this object in javascript in order to display it on a website (after formatting it further in javascript). Can anyone tell me how i can achieve this serialization and deserialization to and from a properly formatted json file? Ive tried a few approaches but cant seem to achieve a tree like object structure in outputted file.

Thanks

Answer 1

If you are in a WebService you can set the [ScriptService] tag on your methods. If you are in a winforms or some other kind of app and need to use just serialize an object, you can tag your class serializable and then you can use the JavaSciptSerializer:

[Serializable]
public class MyClas
{
    public int intVal { get; set; }
    public double doubleVal { get; set; }
    public string stringVal { get; set; }
}

In a method:

// Add a reference to System.Web.Extensions
// using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
JavaScriptSerializer jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var myClass = new MyClas();
myClass.doubleVal = 42.00;
myClass.intVal = 42;
myClass.stringVal = "The answer";
MessageBox.Show(jss.Serialize(myClass));