Sending a JSON array to be received as a Dictionary

Question

I have a method with the following signature:

public ActionResult RenderFamilyTree(string name, Dictionary children)

Answer 1

The default model binder supports advanced scenarios such as binding to lists and dictionaries. In order for this to work you need to send the following request:

children[0].Key=key1&children[0].Value=value1&
children[1].Key=key2&children[1].Value=value2&
name=Raul

So you could either write your own custom binder or format your query parameters in this way. I am not sure that jQuery supports this out of the box.