C# NewtonSoft JsonConvert serializexmlnode to nested array?

Question

Default behaviour of JSON to XML serialization is arrays elements appear on the same level as non-array elements. Like on example from https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/ConvertJsonToXml.htm :

 {
  'Email': 'james@example.com',
  'Active': true,
  'CreatedDate': '2013-01-20T00:00:00Z',
  'Roles': [
    'User',
    'Admin'
  ]
 }

is serialised into

<Root>
   <Email>james@example.com</Email>
   <Active>true</Active>
   <CreatedDate>2013-01-20T00:00:00Z</CreatedDate>
   <Roles>User</Roles>
   <Roles>Admin</Roles>
</Root>

But I need XML array in the form

<Roles>
  <Item>User</Item>
  <Item>Admin</Item>
</Roles>

How could I achieve this?

Thanks in advance.

Can you edit the code into the question please? And as for question, is [this](https://stackoverflow.com/q/38726166/1997232) helpful? — Sinatr, Jul 13 '18 at 09:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '18 at 10:04

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No problem!

var source = "(your JSON");
dynamic roles = JObject.Parse(source).Roles;

Following this, you may re-serialize roles to XML, achieving the desired result.

answered Jul 13 '18 at 10:04

Pancake

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Interesting! I'll try and let you know – Igor Vlasov Jul 13 '18 at 10:09

C# NewtonSoft JsonConvert serializexmlnode to nested array?

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