Question

I’m using a custom converter to encode an object model. On the client, I need an empty array but I don’t want to include this array in the object model on the server because the array is only used client-side.

This is what I have:

public override IDictionary<string, object> Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
{

    MyObjectModel TheObjectModel = obj as ObjectModel;
    Dictionary<string, object> OutputJson = new Dictionary<string, object>();

    OutputJson.Add("MyEmptyArray", new Array()); // not working here

What do I need to put instead of new Array()?

Thanks

Answer 1

Use ArrayList instead of Array. (Also, I think you meant to write “OutputJson” instead of “Output”.)

OutputJson.Add("MyEmptyArray", new ArrayList());

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Note the error message: Array is an abstract class.

Cannot create an instance of the abstract class or interface ‘System.Array’