Json.NET Dictionary with StringComparer serialization

Question

I have a dictionary Dictionary>. Both the outer dictionary and the inner one have an equality comparer set(in my

Answer 1

One simple idea would be to create a subclass of Dictionary that sets the comparer to StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase by default, then deserialize into that instead of the normal dictionary. For example:

class CaseInsensitiveDictionary : Dictionary
{
    public CaseInsensitiveDictionary() : base(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
    {
    }
}

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        string json = @"
        {
            ""Foo"" : 
            {
                ""fiZZ"" : 1,
                ""BUzz"" : ""yo""
            },
            ""BAR"" :
            {
                ""dIt"" : 3.14,
                ""DaH"" : true
            }
        }";

        var dict = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject>>(json);

        Console.WriteLine(dict["foo"]["fizz"]);
        Console.WriteLine(dict["foo"]["buzz"]);
        Console.WriteLine(dict["bar"]["dit"]);
        Console.WriteLine(dict["bar"]["dah"]);
    }
}

Output:

1
yo
3.14
True