❔ Deserialize Object that can have both Array and Object structure
I provided example fiddle, please help me to figure this out.
link attribute can have both [{},{},{}] structure or {} structure. I'm trying from json string deserialize to object.
https://dotnetfiddle.net/ikXhPf
https://dotnetfiddle.net/sDwJeO (same)
Thank you! 🙂
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if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartArray)
{
return serializer.Deserialize<LinkArray>(reader);
}
else if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.StartObject)
{
return serializer.Deserialize<LinkElement>(reader);
}
else
{
throw new JsonSerializationException("Unexpected token type when deserializing 'link'.");
}
this doesn't work either
I have Entry class, I want to deserialize Entry class, Entry class has attribute link that can be both type Link and List<Link>, I provided in the fiddle best I could do.
Only workaround that I can think of is using try catch where I create class Entry1 that has Link link attribute and Entry2 that has List<Link> link attribute.
Any other suggestion.
I've read your link it somehow didn't help me.
try this
that should help, I solved it in similar way, but you are lifesaver because if I didn't this would be everything, so you are MVP , thank you ❤️
When I do return Json(result), I get link:{} -and I should get { atr1:value1} or [{atr1:val1,atr2:val2}], Values are there in result, and I can serializeObject to string and have attributes there
Any idea why am I missing link properties values? -how to get them?
JToken token = JToken.Load(reader);
if (token.Type == JTokenType.Array)
{
// If it's an array, deserialize as a LinkArray.
var linkArray = new LinkArray
{
Elements = token.ToObject<List<Link>>()
};
return linkArray;
}
else if (token.Type == JTokenType.Object)
{
// If it's an object, deserialize as a LinkElement.
return token.ToObject<LinkElement>();
}
this was solution
the reason seems to be json function uses text json, and I implemented read write in newtonsoft
,
i managed to write converters using system.text.json, so now it works , my previous converter was newtonsoft, somehow json method uses text.json
I didn't manage to not have attribute name values escaped in string "attributeName", tried with naming policy
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