json.net deserialize string to nested class

Question

I\'m receiving a Json string back from a http request that looks something like this:

{
  \"info\":
     [
        {
           \"calls\":0,
           \"err         


        

Answer 1

My test code would not compile with the nested Info class (due to a property naming conflict) so I removed it from within the ResposeEntity class.

Along with this I fixed some issues with your JSON (your info object was an array and the strings in your errors array needed to be in quotes).

see below:

JSON

{
    info":
        {
            "calls":0,
            "errors":["error1", "error2", "error3"],
            "messages":0,
            "mail":3
        },
    "received":5,
    "valid":3
}

Classes

class ResponseEntity
{
    private Info info;
    private int received;
    private int valid;

    [JsonProperty("info")]
    public Info Info
    {
        get { return info; }
        set { info = value; }
    }

    [JsonProperty("valid")]
    public int Valid
    {
        get { return valid; }
        set { valid = value; }
    }

    [JsonProperty("received")]
    public int Received
    {
        get { return received; }
        set { received = value; }
    }
}

public class Info
{
    private int calls;
    private List<string> errors;
    private int messages;
    private int mail;

    [JsonProperty("calls")]
    public int Calls
    {
        get { return calls; }
        set { calls = value; }
    }

    [JsonProperty("messages")]
    public int Messages
    {
        get { return messages; }
        set { messages = value; }
    }

    [JsonProperty("errors")]
    public List<string> Errors
    {
        get { return errors; }
        set { errors = value; }
    }

    [JsonProperty("mail")]
    public int Mail
    {
        get { return mail; }
        set { mail = value; }
    }
}

Test Code

string json = "{\"info\":{\"calls\":0,\"errors\":[\"error1\", \"error2\", \"error3\"],\"messages\":0,\"mail\":3},\"received\":5,\"valid\":3}";

ResponseEntity ent = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseEntity>(json) as ResponseEntity;

Hope this helps.