No parameterless constructor defined for type of 'System.String' during JSON deserialization

Question

This seems like it should be so easy, but I am getting an exception when I try to deserialize some straightforward JSON into a managed type. The exception is:

Answer 1

I had the same issue and this was what fixed the issue.

Cheers!

//Deserializing Json object from string
DataContractJsonSerializer jsonObjectPersonInfo = 
    new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(PersonModel));
MemoryStream stream = 
    new MemoryStream(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(userInfo));
PersonModel personInfoModel = 
    (PersonModel)jsonObjectPersonInfo.ReadObject(stream);