Json convert object which inherit dictionary

Question

I have following class definition:

public class ElasticObject : Dictionary
{
    public int Id { get;set;}
}

var keyValues = new Elast         


        

Answer 1

I made the extra properties just poke data back in to the base dictionary instead. This way you get to expose a property like "Id" but during serialisation/de-serialisation it will just work with the underlying dictionary:

public class ElasticObject : Dictionary
{
    public int Id
    {
        get { 
            int val;
            if (int.TryParse(this["Id"] as string, out val))
            {
                return val;
            }

            return -1;
        }
        set { this["Id"] = value; }
    }
}