Convert JObject into Dictionary. Is it possible?

Question

I have a web API method that accepts an arbitrary json payload into a JObject property. As such I don\'t know what\'s coming but I still need to translate it to

Answer 1

Here is a simpler version:

    public static object ToCollections(object o)
    {
        var jo = o as JObject;
        if (jo != null) return jo.ToObject>().ToDictionary(k => k.Key, v => ToCollections(v.Value));
        var ja = o as JArray;
        if (ja != null) return ja.ToObject>().Select(ToCollections).ToList();
        return o;
    }

If using C# 7 we can use pattern matching where it would look like this:

    public static object ToCollections(object o)
    {
        if (o is JObject jo) return jo.ToObject>().ToDictionary(k => k.Key, v => ToCollections(v.Value));
        if (o is JArray ja) return ja.ToObject>().Select(ToCollections).ToList();
        return o;
    }