Deserialize JSON to 2 different models

Question

Does Newtonsoft.JSON library have a simple way I can automatically deserialize JSON into 2 different Models/classes?

For example I get the JSON:

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Answer 1

Since both your objects are the same, wouldn't it make more sense to just have an ID/Name structure of a single base class? If you need to send all the data at the same time, you can restructure your data and use a data transfer object pattern. The JSON object would become

[{
  "guardian": {
    "id": "1453",
    "name": "Foo Bar"
  },
  "patient": {
    "id" : "938",
    "name": "Foo Bar"
  }
}]

And your corresponding data objects would be:

public class Record {
  public int id { get; set; } // or string.  I'm not sure which would be more appropriate
  public string name { get; set;}
}

and

public class RecordDto {
  public Record guardian { get; set; }
  public Record patient { get; set; }
}

And your API would receive a

List

parameter (since you are passing an array of objects).