Question

I have a scenario where the WCF returns the follwing data ( in the function given below) to a VIEW.

private List<KeyDatesCalendar> GetKeyDatesCalendarData()
    {
        //Dummy Data for BrandsCalendar CheckList
        var keyDatesCalendar = new List<KeyDatesCalendar>()
        {     

            new KeyDatesCalendar()
            { 
                EventText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.", 
                EventDate = new DateTime(2011, 02, 09), 
                EventType = 3
            },

            new KeyDatesCalendar()
            { 
                EventText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.", 
                EventDate = new DateTime(2011, 03, 05), 
                EventType = 3
            },

            new KeyDatesCalendar()
            { 
                EventText = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.", 
                EventDate = new DateTime(2011, 03, 06), 
                EventType = 4
            },

};

The processing of the data in view is done by the following code:

initCalendars({
    from       : '02/01/2011',
    to         : '01/31/2013',
    dates : [
        @for(int i=0, l=@Model.KeyDatesCalendar.Count; i<l; i++)
        {
            @Html.Raw("['" + @Model.KeyDatesCalendar[i].EventDate.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd") + "'," + @Model.KeyDatesCalendar[i].EventType + ",'" + @Model.KeyDatesCalendar[i].EventText + "']" + (i < (l-1) ? "," : ""));
        }
    ]
});

Instead of the hardcoded values in WCF method, how Do i recieve a JSON output and process the same in View.

I am a beginner here, appreciate your detail answers.

Thanks,
Adarsh

Answer 1

I would agree with many of the previous comments, if you’re using ASP.NET MVC you might as well do the JSON conversion from there (have a look at JsonResult class). However, if you really want the WCF service to return the result in JSON format, this blog post I wrote a while back might help.

Iain