parse Json text to C# object in asp mvc 4

Question

I have a huge amount of customized attributes I want to save them in the DataBase, I was confused of how to store them in the database, i thought of storing them as a string separating them by

(= => name , value) (; => attribute , attribute) but the code wasn't elegant at all!

so i stat thinking of saving them as Json string but I couldn't found a Json to object parser

while we need only to call json() to parse object to json string

is there a better way than using json string and is there json string parser provided ?

• Jan: Why don't you save them just one by one in an key/value table?
• Hilmi: they are alot .. this approach is so ugly ... thanks sir!

Answer 1

Try to use System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer, here is example:

var yourObject = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<YourType>(strInput)

or

var yourObject = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(strInput)

• highwingers: Awesome, no need of Json.net
• Bruce Pierson: Thanks, +1. FYI, this class is found in the System.Web.Extensions dll.
• DharaPPatel: In, var yourObject = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize(strInput), Deserialize takes on more input parameter of type.. it does not work directly by specifying the string. !!

Answer 2

Many people use Json.net for serialization

var log = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<YourObject>(logJson)

and the other direction

 var logJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(log);

Answer 3

You can use $.parseJSON, try this just for you to see the txt data:

var info = $.parseJSON(data);
 alert(info);

• Hilmi: Thanks Sir, but what i want is server-side parsing ... thanks again.
• GiantHornet: use var js = JavaScriptSerializer.serialize(object), then use StringBuilder.append(js)
• Hilmi: yep, i think that JavaScriptSerializer is my choice ! .. thanks
• snowYetis: Ha! This is what I was looking for. +++++1