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A. Gladkiy
A. Gladkiy

Reputation: 3450

Serialize array with Newtonsoft.Json c#

I have some parameters in app.config file of my project. I want to do these parameters as simple as possible for customers

<add key="name" value="Incognito"/>
<add key="emails[0].type" value="Personal"/>
<add key="emails[0].email" value="[email protected]"/>

I need to do JSON from these parameters. For now I use Dictionary

var parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
for (int i = 0; i < settings.Count; i++)
{
    parameters.Add(settings.GetKey(i), settings[i]);
}
var jsonData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters);

In that case I have in result:

{ "name": "Incognito", "emails[0].type": "Personal", "emails[0].email": "[email protected]" }

But I want to see usual JSON array:

{ "name": "Incognito", "emails": [{"type": "Personal", "email": "[email protected]"}, {...}] }

How can I do that? How serialize it properly? Or maybe you know a way to write data in app.config in human readable format?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4624

Answers (1)

phuzi
phuzi

Reputation: 13060

To get a JSON array you'll need to use something more like an array, say perhaps an Array or List of a type which has both type and email properties.

public class Parameters{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public List<Email> Emails { get; set; }
}

public class Email{
    public string Type { get; set; }
    public string Email { get; set; }
}

Serialising an instance of Parameters will get you the JSON structure you desire.

Upvotes: 4

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