Deserializing nested JSON structure to a flattened class with Json.NET using annotations

Question

Is it possible to use JsonProperty annotation to map a nested Json property to a non-nested .NET member? Say you\'ve got some Json like this:

{
     \"id\":9         


        

Answer 1

For really complex JSON Situations I really like the manual mapping approach Demis Bellot has taken with ServiceStack.Text. This allows me to pass an httpResponse.Content to a JsonConverter.Convert(string json) method.

This has the added benefit of keeping your model objects squeaky clean.

var place = JsonObject.Parse(JsonCentroid)
.Object("place")
.ConvertTo(x => new Place
{
    WoeId = x.Get("woeid"),
    PlaceTypeName = x.Get(""),
    PlaceTypeNameAttrs = x.Object("placeTypeName attrs"),
    Name = x.Get("Name"),
    BoundingBox = x.Object("boundingBox")
            .ConvertTo(y => new BoundingBox
            {        
                    SouthWest = y.Object("southWest").ConvertTo(toCentroid),
                    NorthEast = y.Object("northEast").ConvertTo(toCentroid)
            }),
});

You can see the full test here.