How do I use JSON.NET to deserialize into nested/recursive Dictionary and List?

Question

I need to deserialize a complex JSON blob into standard .NET containers for use in code that is not aware of JSON. It expects things to be in standard .NET

Answer 1

You can have full control over the serialization of a type by using a custom JsonConverter. Documentation at http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/html/T_Newtonsoft_Json_JsonConverter.htm .

Also, according to this blog post you need to use JArray for a List, and JObject for a dictionary.