If you want to serialize any object to or from
JSON (JavaScript object Notation). You can use DataContract JsonSerializer's WriteObject and ReadObject methods to serialize and
deserialize respectively. Following is the small example code:
Note: you must include the reference to System.Runtime.Serialization
assembly
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.Serialization.Json;
using System.Linq;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
namespace SerializeObjectUsingJSON
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[]
args)
{
//Create
a list of string
List<string> list = new List<string>()
{
"item1","item2","item3","item4","item5"
};
//create
memorystream
MemoryStream
memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
//create
Json serializer
//constructor
argument must contain the type of object that is to be serailized/deserialized
DataContractJsonSerializer
serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(list.GetType());
//serialize
the list
serializer.WriteObject(memoryStream, list);
//get
Json string from stream
string
str = Encoding.Default.GetString(memoryStream.ToArray());
//write
the string to console
Console.WriteLine(str);
//read
Json data to stream
memoryStream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Default.GetBytes(str));
//deserialize
list
list =
serializer.ReadObject(memoryStream) as List<string>;
//strings
in the list
foreach
(string s in
list)
Console.WriteLine(s);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
Output:
To serialize any datatype use [Serializable] annotation
[Serializable]
class JasonTypeFull
{
public string property1 { get;
set; }
public string property2 { get;
set; }
public string property3 { get;
set; }
}
Or you can use [DataContract] and [DataMember] to selectively serialize class
members
[DataContract]
class JasonTypePartial
{
[DataMember]
public string property1 { get;
set; }
public string property2 { get;
set; }
[DataMember]
public string property3 { get;
set; }
}