Deserialize json based on fields in .Net (C#)

Question

I\'m writing an app that gets a Json list of objects like this:

[
   {
       \"ObjectType\": \"apple\",
       \"ObjectSize\": 35,
       \"ObjectC         


        

Answer 1

Define base class and derived classes.

the use [JSON.net](also available via NuGet)1 to deserialize them.

I.e.

class ItemToSell {
 string Type {get;set;}
 string Size {get;set;}
 string Cost {get;set;}
}

class Book : ItemToSell { ...}

Then deserialize using

var catalog = JsonConvert.Deserialize>(json);

The deserializer will ignore unexpected properties. Call it again using a specific type to get other properties if you need.