How can I deserialize JSON to a simple Dictionary in ASP.NET?

Question

I have a simple key/value list in JSON being sent back to ASP.NET via POST. Example:

{ \"key1\": \"value1\", \"key2\": \"value2\"}

Answer 1

If you're after a lightweight, no-added-references kind of approach, maybe this bit of code I just wrote will work (I can't 100% guarantee robustness though).

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public Dictionary ParseJSON(string json)
{
    int end;
    return ParseJSON(json, 0, out end);
}
private Dictionary ParseJSON(string json, int start, out int end)
{
    Dictionary dict = new Dictionary();
    bool escbegin = false;
    bool escend = false;
    bool inquotes = false;
    string key = null;
    int cend;
    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    Dictionary child = null;
    List