MVC 3 Generate - dash properties for JSON

Question

I need to generate a JSON object as below using ASP.NET MVC 3.0 or above. All good except that some of the properties have - 'dash' e.g. scale-x. C# doesn't like this, is there a way to workaround this?

{
    "Data" : [
        {
            "scale-x":{
                "values":["1","2"],
            },
            "scale-y":{
                "line-width":"1px",
                }
            },
            "series" : [
                {
                    "values" : [2, 5]
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Thanks.

possible duplicate of [JavaScriptSerializer - how to deserialize a property with a dash ("-") in it's name?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7494280/javascriptserializer-how-to-deserialize-a-property-with-a-dash-in-its-n) — archil, May 29 '12 at 07:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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Use this as attribute for properties:

[DataMember(Name = "scale-x")]

Also you must use serializer in System.Runtime.Serialization.Json. Look at this.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

Community

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answered May 29 '12 at 07:42

Ilya Shpakovsky

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System.Runtime.Serialization.Json doesn't seem to have Datamember attribute – Nil Pun May 29 '12 at 07:48
DataMember in System.Runtime.Serialization namespace. And DataContractJsonSerializer in System.Runtime.Serialization.Json. – Ilya Shpakovsky May 29 '12 at 07:52

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '12 at 07:54

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Anonymous types cannot have attributes used on them, your best bet is to just define a Proxy object as your own type and use it with the serializer, then use the above answer.

answered May 29 '12 at 07:54

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 29 '12 at 08:00

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You could use ClaySharp A good example by Hanselman is here

var person = New.Person();
person["FirstName"] = "Louis";
person["LastName"] = "Dejardin";

answered May 29 '12 at 08:00

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MVC 3 Generate - dash properties for JSON

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