Deserialization of JSON in c#

Question

I have the following JSON

{
    "employee" : {
        "property1" : "value1",
        "property2" : "value2",
        //...
    }
}

to a class like

public class employee
{
    public string property1{get;set;}
    public string property2{get;set;}
    //...
}

In my JSON if I need to add property3 then I need to make changes in my class too. How can I deserialize to a class even though if I change my JSON(adding another property like property3). The serialize/De-serialize techniques like newtonsoft.json is tightly coupled with the Class. Is there a better way/tool to deserialize these kind of JSON in portable class in c#?

Answer 1

Newtonsoft is not tightly coupled with strong types. You can deserialize the dynamic types too. See the similar question here ( How to read the Json data without knowing the Key value )

Answer 2

You can try .net's JavaScriptSerializer (System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer). If some field is added or removed it deserializes object normally.

namespace ConsoleApplication8
{
public class Person
{
    public int PersonID { get; set; }
    //public string Name { get; set; }
    public bool Registered { get; set; }
    public string s1 { get; set; }
}
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var s = "{\"PersonID\":1,\"Name\":\"Name1\",\"Registered\":true}";
        var serializer = new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
        var o = serializer.Deserialize<Person>(s);
        ;
    }
}
}

Answer 3

如果我们可以使用“Dictionary< string , string >employee”上面的json可以反序列化。