反序列化为具有自定义对象属性的对象

Question

I have a class like so:

public class CareTaker
{
    public int Id {get; set;}
    public string name {get; set;}
    public DateTime? DateTrained {get; set;}
    public Certification Certification {get; set;}
    public List<Certification> ExpiredCertifications {get; set;}
}

public class Certification
{
    public int Id {get; set;}
}

and my JSON is like so:

{
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Dogtor",
    "dateTrained": "01 Feb 2017",
    "certification": 2,
    "expiredCertifications": [1,5]
}

I know usually the JSON for Certification should really be like "certification": { "id": 2} , but, I don't have access to change the JSON so I have to figure out how to convert what I recieve ( "certification": 2 ) to my object... Is there a way I can do this with either JavascriptSerializer or NewtonSoft please?

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

public class CareTaker
{
    ...
    [NotMapped]
    [JsonProperty(PropertyName = "certification"]
    public int? CertificationId
    {
        get
        {
             return Certification?.Id;
        }
        set
        {
           Certification = new Certification { Id = value; }
        }
    }
    [JsonIgnore]
    public Certification Certification {get; set;}
    ...
}

Answer 2

To generate properly the classes, I would suggest copying the JSON and open the file where you want to store the classes and in visual studio go to EDIT->Paste Special->Paste JSON As Classes

then you would do something like this:

JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var jsonToClasses = ser.Deserialize<RootObject>(json);