Question

Ok, I’m having some difficult with this.

My JSON is like

{ "names" : [ {"name":"bla"} , {"name":"bla2"} ] }

I was trying to do this tutorial but, due to the different JSON, it didn’t worked.

What do I have to put inside this method?
I don’t know if it’s better to create a “wrap” class that contain my list or using directly a JsonObject. Could you provide me a snippet? I’m kinda new in C#.

void webClient_OpenReadCompleted(object sender, OpenReadCompletedEventArgs e)
    {
        DataContractJsonSerializer ser = null;
        try
        {
           ???
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }
    }

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Using Json.Net (which supports Windows Phone)

string json = @"{ ""names"" : [ {""name"":""bla""} , {""name"":""bla2""} ] }";

var dict = (JObject)JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json);
foreach (var obj in dict["names"])
{
    Console.WriteLine(obj["name"]);
}

Or if you want to use it in a type-safe way

var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootClass>(json);
foreach (var obj in dict.names)
{
    Console.WriteLine(obj.name);
}


public class RootClass
{
    public MyName[] names { get; set; }
}

public class MyName
{
    public string name { get; set; }
}