Convert Json Array to .Net List wrapper [duplicate]

Question

I would like to convert following Json Array to .net list wrapper. Not sure how ca I do that.

Json Array:

[{"Name" : "SomeName1", "Age" : "20" },{ "Name" : "SomeName2", "Age" : "21"}]

My class is:

public class Person
{
    public string Name;
    public string Age;
}

If I use List<Person> as my conversion type then everything works fine.

But what I would like to do is to convert above array to following class's object;

public class PersonList
{
    public string somefield;
    public List<Person> PersonList;
}

I am not able to convert my array to List wrapper object. How can I do that?

I do not have control over conversion method. I am using RestSharp library to execute my web request. When I call execute method, I would like to pass PersionList type for conversion and not List

what I would like to do is to convert above array to following class's object But your json string represents an array of objects, not an object containing array. — L.B
– L.B, Commented May 20, 2012 at 17:44

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:56:29Z

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You want to implement a custom JSON Converter. Here is an example : How to implement custom JsonConverter in JSON.NET to deserialize a List of base class objects?

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:56

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Andrew Barber Over a year ago

How can a custom serializer convert using data that does not exist? (The wrapper class fields are not in the json)

Byronic Coder Over a year ago

you must override the ReadJson method from CustomCreationConverter.

usr · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-20 17:44:37Z

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var list = /*deserialize json list here*/;
var result = new PersonList() { PersonList = list };

answered May 20, 2012 at 17:44

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2 Comments

Tejas Vora Over a year ago

This is not what I am looking for.

Andrew Barber Over a year ago

This really seems to be what you are looking for, but you just don't know it. Your jsom does not have the properties of the wrapper class - it has the properties of. List of person. It would be easy to construct your wrapper if you had "somefield" available.

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