Deserializing JSON into one of several C# subclasses

Question

I have a json structure that looks something like this:

\"list\":[
  {
    \"type\":\"link\",
    \"href\":\"http://google.com\"
  },
  {
    \"type\":\"imag         


        

Answer 1

As @AmithGeorge suggested, you can use a dynamic object to dynamically parse your json object. You can use this great dynamic class for JSON by Shawn Weisfeld. Here is his blog explaining how he do it.

JavaScriptSerializer jss = new JavaScriptSerializer();
jss.RegisterConverters(new JavaScriptConverter[] { new DynamicJsonConverter() });

dynamic glossaryEntry = jss.Deserialize(json, typeof(object)) as dynamic;

Console.WriteLine("glossaryEntry.glossary.title: " + glossaryEntry.glossary.title);
Console.WriteLine("glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.title: " + glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.title);
Console.WriteLine("glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.ID: " + glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.ID);
Console.WriteLine("glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.GlossDef.para: " + glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.GlossDef.para);
foreach (var also in glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.GlossDef.GlossSeeAlso)
{
    Console.WriteLine("glossaryEntry.glossary.GlossDiv.GlossList.GlossEntry.GlossDef.GlossSeeAlso: " + also);
}