How to Desrialize JSON using C#

I am currently using Json.Net to deserialize my JSON. I now have the following situation:

I am getting the following JSON response:

{"Success":false,"Errors":{"UserName":"User Name already registered","EmailAddress":"Email Address already registered"}}

I want to parse it into this type:

public class CustomJsonResult
{
    public bool Success { get; set; }
    public string[] Errors { get; set; }
}

Using Json.net, I tried doing this:

CustomJsonResult regResult = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<CustomJsonResult>(json);

But this is not working, I get the error Cannot deserialize JSON obj开发者_如何转开发ect into type 'System.String[]'.

How can I fix this? (using Json.Net or any other library)

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The problem is you're trying to convert a dictionary into an array. Try replacing your string[] with Dictionary<string, string>.

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Errors is not an array of string, it is an object with UserName and EmailAddress as it's property.

{
    "Success":false,
    "Errors":{
        "UserName":"User Name already registered",
        "EmailAddress":"Email Address already registered"
     }
}

well, you can create another class to store the error message

public CustomJsonError
{
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public string EmailAddress { get; set; }
}

Then refactor the class

public class CustomJsonResult
{
    public bool Success { get; set; }
    public CustomJsonError Errors { get; set; } // I'm not sure if the property should be named as Errors
}

BTW, will error contain an array / list of errors?

Update

Well, you can use Dictionary<string, string> (see other answer) or create a custom class for the Error. See http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/SerializingCollections.html for serializing and deserializing Collection to and from JSON.

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That's because your "Errors" in your JSON doesn't match what it's trying to deserialize to. It should be something like this:

public class CustomJsonResult
{
    public bool Success { get; set; }
    public ErrorType[] Errors { get; set; }
}

public class ErrorType
{
     public string UserName {get;set;}
     public string EmailAddress {get;set;}
}

If you want to change the JSON to match, it should look something like this:

{"Success":false, "Errors": ["User Name already registered", "Email Address already registered"]}

Otherwise you may need some intermediate mapping.

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Using JavaScriptSerializer from standard .NET framework library System.Web.Extensions:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var dict = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<Dictionary<string,int>>("{ a: 1, b: 2 }");
            Console.WriteLine(dict["a"]);
            Console.WriteLine(dict["b"]);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}