Question

we have a json serializer and deserializer downloaded, it reads the profile object find, but its not putting in the Client item in the list. Here is the json

{"Profile": [{
                "Name":"Joe",
                "Last :"Doe",
                 "Client":
                         {
                          "ClientId":"1",
                          "Product":"Apple",
                          "Message":"Peter likes apples"
                          },
                  "Date":"2012-02-14"
                 }]}

So in my profile class i have

public class Profile
  {
     public string Name {get; set;}
     public string Last {get; set;}
     public List<Client> Client {get; set;}
     public DateTime dDate {get; set;}   

        public Profile()
        {
        }
        public Profile BuildEntity()
        {
          Profile profile = new Profile();
          profile.Name = this.Name;
          profile.Last = this.LastName;
          profile.Client = this.client;
          profile.dDate = this.dDate;
          return dDate;

        }
  }

Now, when I debug all the items have values except for the list. Does anyone know what it might be?

NOTE: This is being posted to our Profile.asmx web service

Regards

Answer 1

You declared Client as:

public List<Client> Client {get; set;}

But your data looks like this:

"Client":
{
    "ClientId":"1",
    "Product":"Apple",
    "Message":"Peter likes apples"
}

I think the data expected is more like:

"Client":
[{
    "ClientId":"1",
    "Product":"Apple",
    "Message":"Peter likes apples"
}]

The de-serialization is probably expecting an array of objects, rather than just an object.