Convert objects to JSON in C# using JavaScriptSerializer
Want to convert a C# object into it's JSON equivalent? Here is a simple object from the System.Web.Script namespace that does exactly that:
System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer . It is stored in the System.Web.Extentions DLL (.Net Framework 3.5 only)
Using this object we serialize and deserialize objects in C#. Here is a quick sample:
A simple Employee object:
public class Employee
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Age { get; set; }
public string ID { get; set; }
}
Adding some instances of them to a List:
Employee oEmployee1 =
new Employee{Name="Pini",ID="111", Age="30"};
Employee oEmployee2 =
new Employee { Name = "Yaniv", ID = "Cohen", Age = "31" };
Employee oEmployee3 = new Employee { Name = "Yoni", ID = "Biton", Age = "20" };
List<Employee> oList = new List<Employee>()
{ oEmployee1, oEmployee2, oEmployee3 };
Serializing then:
System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer oSerializer =
new System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer();
string sJSON = oSerializer.Serialize(oList);
And here is the output:
[{"Name":"Pini","Age":"30","ID":"111"},{"Name":"Yaniv","Age":"31","ID":"Cohen"},{"Name":"Yoni","Age":"20","ID":"Biton"}]
Enjoy.