How do i deserialize this?

[Michiel]

I get this string back from my client's server:

{"events": [["specialEvent", "sale_12913"]], "clientID": "serv3:azoth829hgao"}

Getting the clientID is no problem, but the events return a JsonArray which i want in a class aswell:

    public class OModel {

        public string clientID { get; set; }

        public events events { get; set; }

    }

    public class events{

        public string specialEvent{ get; set; }

        public string normalEvent{ get; set; }

    }

 

This however, returns a null and the following exception:

"Unable to cast object of type 'RestSharp.JsonArray' to type 'System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary`2[System.String,System.Object]'."

How do i solve this? 

[Nic Wise]

I think you have events wrong. It's an array, of array. So...

public string[][] events { get; set; }

possibly? specialEvent is a value in there, not a property name (no : after it)

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[Michiel]

Thanks for your quick reply! When i use events as you suggested, the following exception occurs:

No parameterless constructor defined for this object."

With stacktrace

   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)

   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)

   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)

   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)

   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type)

   at RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer.CreateAndMap(Type type, Object element)

   at RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer.ConvertValue(Type type, Object value)

   at RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer.Map(Object target, IDictionary`2 data)

   at RestSharp.Deserializers.JsonDeserializer.Deserialize[T](IRestResponse response)

   at RestSharp.RestClient.Deserialize[T](IRestRequest request, IRestResponse raw)

Op donderdag 6 december 2012 10:00:04 UTC+1 schreef Nic Wise het volgende:

[Andrew Young]

Can we see what your class looks like after these changes?

Andrew Young

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[Michiel]

Hello Andrew,

I Managed to get the code working:

    public class OModel {

        public string clientID { get; set; }

        public List<string> events { get; set; }

    }

This isn't the prettiest solution, since now i have "specialEvent", "sale_12913" in a list, but it's managable.

Op donderdag 6 december 2012 18:24:12 UTC+1 schreef ayoung het volgende:

[Nic Wise]

Interesting. I would have thought that would have rendered as

{"events": ["specialEvent", "sale_12913"], "clientID": "serv3:azoth829hgao"}

not

{"events": [["specialEvent", "sale_12913"]], "clientID": "serv3:azoth829hgao"}

(note the extra [])

Oh, well. Glad it works.