how to deserialize "ref" parameter

Question

I'm trying to parse a json file that contains a parameter named ref. I'm deserializing into a class structure:

public class JiveContentObject
{
   public int id { get; set;}
   public string subject { get; set;}
   ..etc
}

however, I can't exactly write public string ref {get; set;} since ref is a keyword in c#. Is there any way I can work around this?

just write `@ref`. prepending `@` is how you work around reserved keywords. however it would be better to make use of some kind of middleware mapping — Andrei, May 05 '15 at 20:32
A question that is not a duplicate of this one, but whose accepted answer applies: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/421257/how-do-i-use-a-c-sharp-keyword-as-a-property-on-an-anonymous-object — phoog, May 05 '15 at 21:49

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '15 at 20:33

7

Prefix the identifier with @:

public class JiveContentObject
{
    public int id { get; set; }
    public string subject { get; set; }
    public string @ref { get; set; }
}

This is exactly what it's there for.

answered May 05 '15 at 20:33

Servy

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