Does C# have a parseJSON like jQuery?

Question

jQuery makes it easy to parseJSON using $.parseJSON()

Example:

 var json = $.parseJSON("[{ name: 'Bill', age: 22, hair: 'Brown' }]");

Then can easily get the data like this:

 var name = json[0].name; var age = json[0].age; ....

Is this something not possible in C#? I saw how JSON.Net reads JSON and exposes it in C#, and it's quite a task to work with it.

Isn't there a way to easily/quickly get JSON just like you can in jQuery?

(and without having to write static code first JSON to Object Class properties to match the JSON object.)

@Remus Rusanu How could this be duplicate when I clearly state *(and without having to write static code first JSON to Object Class properties to match the JSON object.)* ??? — Control Freak, Aug 24 '14 at 07:32
Json.NET does not require class definitions to deserialize. You can call `JsonConvert.DeserializeObject` and use dynamic to access the properties. That is exactly what is in some of the answers in the duplicate. — Mike Zboray, Aug 24 '14 at 07:36
I should had choose http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3142495/deserialize-json-into-c-sharp-dynamic-object instead — Remus Rusanu, Aug 24 '14 at 07:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '14 at 07:28

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If the properties of your class match the names in the Json string, you can use :

DataContractJsonSerializer serializer = 
    new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(MyClass));
MyClass obj = (MyClass)serializer.ReadObject(responseStream);

answered Aug 24 '14 at 07:28

racraman

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What if there is no class with properties to define it? – Control Freak Aug 24 '14 at 07:29
Have a look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6904825/c-sharp-deserialize-json-to-anonymous-object – racraman Aug 24 '14 at 07:32

Does C# have a parseJSON like jQuery?

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