Json.Net & Json.Net.Core

A minimalistic JSON handler library.

Json.Net (.NET Standard 2.0) : https://www.nuget.org/packages/Json.Net/

Json.Net.Core (.NET 5.0) : https://www.nuget.org/packages/Json.Net.Core/

Usage instructions

Define a POCO class...

class Pet
{
  public int id;
  public string name;
}

Serialization...

var petJson = JsonNet.Serialize(pet);

Deserialization...

var pet = JsonNet.Deserialize<Pet>(petJson);

You can also define and use custom type converters to control serialization/deserialization.

var dateConverter = 
  new JsonConverter<DateTime>(
    dt => dt.ToString("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture),
    s => DateTime.ParseExact(s, "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
  
var petJson = JsonNet.Serialize(pet, dateConverter);

Reference

Name space

using Json.Net;

Methods

string JsonNet.Serialize(object obj, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Serializes an object to its JSON text representation.

Parameters

obj : Object to be serialized
converters : Custom type converters. Default: empty

void Serialize(object obj, Stream stream, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Serializes an object to a JSON text stream destination.

Parameters

obj : Object to be serialized
stream : JSON stream
converters : Custom type converters. Default: empty

void Serialize(object obj, TextWriter writer, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Serializes an object to a JSON text writer destination.

Parameters

obj : Object to be serialized
writer : JSON text writer
converters : Custom type converters. Default: empty

T JsonNet.Deserialize<T>(string json, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Deserializes an object from a JSON text.

Parameters

T : Deserialized object's type
json : JSON text
converters : Custom converters. Default: empty

T Deserialize<T>(Stream stream, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Deserializes an object from a JSON text stream source.

Parameters

T : Deserialized object's type
stream : JSON stream
converters : Custom converters. Default: empty

T Deserialize<T>(TextReader reader, params IJsonConverter[] converters)

Description

Deserializes an object from a JSON text reader source.

Parameters

T : Deserialized object's type
reader : JSON text reader
converters : Custom converters. Default: empty

Converter interface

public interface IJsonConverter
{
  Type GetConvertingType();
  string Serializer(object obj);
  object Deserializer(string txt);
}