Which Json deserializer renders IList collections?

Question

I\'m trying to deserialize json to an object model where the collections are represented as IList types.

The actual deserializing is here:

Answer 1

It is not possible to deserialize directly to an interface, as interfaces are simply a contract. The JavaScriptSerializer has to deserialize to some concrete type that implements IList, and the most logical choice is List. You will have to convert the List to a LazyList, which given the code you posted, should be easy enough:

var list = serializer.Deserialize>(...);
var lazyList = new LazyList(list);