C# - JSON to Key Value & vice versa

Question

I am fetching a string from a JSON file & want to convert it to Key-Value pair.

I am using JSON.NET for the same.

I know I can deserialize a List using:

List<JsonClass> jsonFileComments = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<JsonClass>>(json);

And I can Deserialize a Array using:

Dictionary<string, string> values = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<string, string>>(json);

But as my JSON string contains Lists & Arrays in single file only. The sequence is like:

{
    List,
    List,
    List,
    Array,
    List, 
    Array,
    List 
}

Can you tell me how can I deserialize it using single way.

Other way is I need to separate out the Arrays & work on separately. And again while Serializing I need to work that stuff.

Answer 1

Well one way would be to use dynamic (The type is a static type, but an object of type dynamic bypasses static type checking.)?

dynamic d = JObject.Parse("{number:1000, str:'string', array: [1,2,3,4,5,6]}");

Console.WriteLine(d.number);
Console.WriteLine(d.str);
Console.WriteLine(d.array.Count);

Answer 2

Hope this code block helps. I'm assuming you have jSon object & you need to parse through it:

Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject o = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(yourJsonData);
Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray textArray = (Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray)o["yourArray"];
if (textArray.Count > 0)
{
for (int i = 0; i < textArray.Count; i++)
{//do something}
}