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Steven Wilber
Steven Wilber

Reputation: 405

How to deserialize with JSON.Net where the same type is given different names

I'm having to process 3rd party json data. I'm trying to use JSON.Net, but I'm struggling a little as, in the data, the same type is given a different name every time. See example below.

{
   "success":"1",
   "return":{
      "Mike":{
         "name":"Mike",
         "age":"21",
         "hobbies":[
            {
               "name":"sailing"
            },
            {
               "name":"volleyball"
            }
         ]
      }
   }
}

Here you can see that - in this made up example to illustrate the situation - basically a person object is returned, but it is called "Mike" not person. The next might be called "Sheryl", etc. I would like to just deserialise the whole thing in one go using: var deserialized = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString);

However I'm not sure how to build x as it can vary.

I've looked at JsonConverter, but I can't see how that would help in this situation.

Any guidance is much appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 674

Answers (1)

L.B
L.B

Reputation: 116118

Use Dictionary<string,Person> for property Return

var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<YourObject>(json);

public class Hobby
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class Person
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public string Age { get; set; }
    public List<Hobby> Hobbies { get; set; }
}


public class YourObject
{
    public string Success { get; set; }
    public Dictionary<string,Person>  Return { get; set; }
}

Upvotes: 3

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