Deserializing JSON in WP7

Question

I have this JSON which I am trying to read on Windows Phone. I\'ve been playing with DataContractJsonSerializer and Json.NET but had not much luck, especially r

Answer 1

I was able to deserialize your JSON string using the following code. This was tested in a .NET 4 console application, and hopefully will work in WP 7 as well.

DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(PersonCollection));

string json =  "{\"lastUpdated\":\"16:12\",\"filterOut\":[],\"people\": [{\"ID\":\"a\",\"Name\":\"b\",\"Age\":\"c\"},{\"ID\":\"d\",\"Name\":\"e\",\"Age\":\"f\"},{\"ID\":\"x\",\"Name\":\"y\",\"Age\":\"z\"}], \"serviceDisruptions\": { \"infoMessages\": [\"blah blah text\"], \"importantMessages\": [], \"criticalMessages\": [] } }";

using (var stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(json)))
{
    var people = (PersonCollection)serializer.ReadObject(stream);

    foreach(var person in people.People)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("ID: {0}, Name: {1}, Age: {2}", person.ID, person.Name, person.Age);
    }
}   

Using the following data classes:

[DataContract]
public class PersonCollection
{
    [DataMember(Name = "people")]
    public IEnumerable People { get; set; }
}

[DataContract]
public class Person
{
    [DataMember]
    public string ID { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    public string Age { get; set; }
}