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c# load Json into inherited class

I have a C# classes and I need to parse JSON into it.
The class has a List<> from another class.
The class structure is like this.
public class OrderFund {
public int OrderID { get; set; }
public int BrokerID { get; set; }
public string SettlementMethod { get; set; }
public List<SettlementSap> SettlementsSap { get; set; }
}
public class SettlementSap {
public string SapMonetaryAccountNo { get; set; }
public string SapMonetaryAccountType { get; set; }
public string SapMonetaryAccountOffice { get; set; }
}
My JSON is like this.
{
"settlementMethod": "SAP",
"BrokerID": 1,
"OrderID": 1,
"Settlements": [
{
"SapMonetaryAccountNo": "400245892464",
"SapMonetaryAccountType": "CA",
"SapMonetaryAccountOffice": "AR"
}
]
}
I load my JSON file like this...
static OrderFund LoadJson(string file) {
string dire = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
using (StreamReader r = new StreamReader(dire + "\\" + file)) {
string json = r.ReadToEnd();
OrderFund items = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<OrderFund>(json);
return items;
}
}
The data load fine into OrderFun Class but OrderFund.SettlementsSap is null.
How can I load Settlements into SettlementsSap?

That's because you have named the field SettlementsSap but your Json field is called Settlements...
You could rename the field in your class;
public class OrderFund
{
public int OrderID { get; set; }
public int BrokerID { get; set; }
public string SettlementMethod { get; set; }
public List<SettlementSap> Settlements { get; set; }
}
or add a [JsonProperty("Settlements")]
attribute to the field like so;
public class OrderFund
{
public int OrderID { get; set; }
public int BrokerID { get; set; }
public string SettlementMethod { get; set; }
[JsonProperty("Settlements")]
public List<SettlementSap> SettlementsSap { get; set; }
}

You just use a function of Visual Studio which convert your json into a model class
Goto: Edit -> Paste special -> Paste JSON as Class
The model class created by this feature will solve your problem
So, visiblely, you must rename SettlementsSap by Settlements
public class OrderFund
{
public string settlementMethod { get; set; }
public int BrokerID { get; set; }
public int OrderID { get; set; }
public Settlement[] Settlements { get; set; }
}
public class Settlement
{
public string SapMonetaryAccountNo { get; set; }
public string SapMonetaryAccountType { get; set; }
public string SapMonetaryAccountOffice { get; set; }
}

The problem is with the naming. In the JSON, the name is Settlements. But in the class definition of OrderFund it is named as SettlementsSap

JSON Deserializing Returns Null for Sub List

I'm attempting to deserialize the following json:
{"PatientNameID":{"ID":514,"Name":{"First":"Laura","Middle":"X","Last":"Coelho","Suffix":"","Full":"Laura X Coelho","Preferred":""}},"PatientNumber":"254","ChartNumber":"254","Gender":{"LookupType":"Gender","Code":"F","Description":"Female","Order":1,"Active":true,"AlternateCodes":null},"DOB":"4/9/1953","PhoneNumber":"3521029496","SSN":"*****0161"}
This is the class and subclasses into which I'm trying to deserialize the above JSON:
public class PatientList3
{
public Pat PatientNameID { get; set; }
public string PatientNumber { get; set; }
public string ChartNumber { get; set; }
public Gender2 Gender { get; set; }
public string DOB { get; set; }
public string PhoneNumber { get; set; }
public string SSN { get; set; }
}
public class Pat
{
public int ID { get; set; }
public PtName Name { get; set; }
}
public class PtName
{
public string First { get; set; }
public string Middle { get; set; }
public string Last { get; set; }
public string Suffix { get; set; }
public string Full { get; set; }
public string Preferred { get; set; }
}
public class Gender2
{
string LookupType { get; set; }
string Code { get; set; }
string Description { get; set; }
int Order { get; set; }
bool Active { get; set; }
List<AlternateCodes> AlternateCodes { get; set; }
}
public class AlternateCodes
{
string Code { get; set; }
string Description { get; set; }
string CodeSystem { get; set; }
string CodeSystemName { get; set; }
}
Everything goes well when I deserialize it except all of the values in the Gender2 class are null.
I've referred to the following two posts for answers but nothing seems to be doing to trick.
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(JsonString) returning all Properties<T> as Null
DeSerializing JSON returns null C#

Fix the properties on Gender2 & AlternateCodes they are not public! The deserializer will not be able to find your any of your properties so that is probably the reason this fails to populate.

The problem is with access modifiers of properties Gender2 and AlternateCodes class, default access modifiers for properties is private. You should change it to:
public class Gender2
{
public string LookupType { get; set; }
public string Code { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public int Order { get; set; }
public bool Active { get; set; }
public List<AlternateCodes> AlternateCodes { get; set; }
}
public class AlternateCodes
{
public string Code { get; set; }
public string Description { get; set; }
public string CodeSystem { get; set; }
public string CodeSystemName { get; set; }
}
After setting properties to public it deserializes successfully:

Working with JSON from the AWS SDK Pricing API

I'm trying to work with AWS SDK in C# to follow and update a price catalog.
I'm using the method GetProductsAsync to list EC2 products for example, I then try to deserialize the response.
I use Json.Net to deserialize my response into a class I created using the "Paste JSON as classes" function from Visual Studio.
The object is somewhat populated, but the pricing model follows a weird JSON pattern.
Here is an extract of the object:
"terms":{
"OnDemand":{
"FBKCX9C4KX8NSVN3.JRTCKXETXF":{
"priceDimensions":{
"FBKCX9C4KX8NSVN3.JRTCKXETXF.6YS6EN2CT7":{
"unit":"Hrs",
"endRange":"Inf",
"description":"$2.47 per On Demand RHEL m4.10xlarge Instance Hour",
"appliesTo":[
],
"rateCode":"FBKCX9C4KX8NSVN3.JRTCKXETXF.6YS6EN2CT7",
"beginRange":"0",
"pricePerUnit":{
"USD":"2.4700000000"
}
}
},
The IDs under OnDemand and PriceDimensions seem to be references to other objects; therefore, they are not populated when I deserialize the JSON object, as they are different per product type.
Has anyone succeeded in getting pricing information for AWS assets?

For JSON objects having keys which can vary, you can use a Dictionary<string, T> in place of a regular class, where T is a class representing the item data. So in your case, you'd need a dictionary for both OnDemand and priceDimensions. The resulting class definitions would look like this:
public class OuterObject
{
public Terms terms { get; set; }
}
public class Terms
{
public Dictionary<string, OnDemandItem> OnDemand { get; set; }
}
public class OnDemandItem
{
public Dictionary<string, PriceDimensionsItem> priceDimensions { get; set; }
}
public class PriceDimensionsItem
{
public string unit { get; set; }
public string endRange { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public object[] appliesTo { get; set; }
public string rateCode { get; set; }
public string beginRange { get; set; }
public PricePerUnit pricePerUnit { get; set; }
}
public class PricePerUnit
{
public string USD { get; set; }
}
Demo: https://dotnetfiddle.net/dJ5jmQ
Note: you could also use a Dictionary<string, string> in place of the PricePerUnit class if you will be dealing with a lot of different currencies. If there will just one or two, then having a strongly-typed class with properties for each possible currency will work fine. For example, you could add a property public string EUR { get; set; } to handle Euro.

AWS SDK have one more "level" after OnDemand.
I made my own class based on Brian Rogers answer, and i add the rest of the class to support Reserved and Products, making a nested class.
public class OuterObject
{
public Dictionary<string, Products> products { get; set; }
public Terms terms { get; set; }
}
public class Products
{
public string sku { get; set; }
public string productFamily { get; set; }
public Attributes attributes { get; set; }
}
public class Attributes
{
public string servicecode { get; set; }
public string location { get; set; }
public string locationType { get; set; }
public string instanceType { get; set; }
public string currentGeneration { get; set; }
public string vcpu { get; set; }
public string memory { get; set; }
public string operatingSystem { get; set; }
public string licenseModel { get; set; }
public string preInstalledSw { get; set; }
public string tenancy { get; set; }
}
public class Terms
{
public Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, OnDemandItem>> OnDemand { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, Dictionary<string, OnDemandItem>> Reserved { get; set; }
}
public class OnDemandItem
{
public string offerTermCode { get; set; }
public string sku { get; set; }
public Dictionary<string, PriceDimensionsItem> priceDimensions { get; set; }
public TermAttributes termAttributes { get; set; }
}
public class PriceDimensionsItem
{
public string unit { get; set; }
public string endRange { get; set; }
public string description { get; set; }
public object[] appliesTo { get; set; }
public string rateCode { get; set; }
public string beginRange { get; set; }
public PricePerUnit pricePerUnit { get; set; }
}
public class PricePerUnit
{
public string USD { get; set; }
}
public class TermAttributes
{
public string LeaseContractLength { get; set; }
public string OfferingClass { get; set; }
public string PurchaseOption { get; set; }
}

Noob C# Class Declaration Issue

So I created a class using json2csharp
public class ResponseType
{
public class Query
{
public string q { get; set; }
public object sku { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object mpn_or_sku { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public object brand { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public int start { get; set; }
public object seller { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public bool exact_only { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Query> queries { get; set; }
}
public class Seller
{
public string display_flag { get; set; }
public bool has_ecommerce { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Prices
{
public List<List<object>> USD { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> JPY { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> CNY { get; set; }
}
public class Offer
{
public string sku { get; set; }
public string packaging { get; set; }
public string on_order_eta { get; set; }
public string last_updated { get; set; }
public int? order_multiple { get; set; }
public int in_stock_quantity { get; set; }
public string eligible_region { get; set; }
public int? moq { get; set; }
public int? on_order_quantity { get; set; }
public object octopart_rfq_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Seller seller { get; set; }
public string product_url { get; set; }
public object factory_order_multiple { get; set; }
public string _naive_id { get; set; }
public int? factory_lead_days { get; set; }
public Prices prices { get; set; }
public bool is_authorized { get; set; }
public bool is_realtime { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Manufacturer
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public List<Offer> offers { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public List<object> redirected_uids { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
public string octopart_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Manufacturer manufacturer { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public List<Item> items { get; set; }
public int hits { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object error { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
}
The problem is at design-time, when I declare a variable with the type of my class:
ResponseType Response = new ResponseType();
Intellisense does not allow me to access the subclasses RootObject.results list. It only shows Equals, GetHashCode, GetType and ToString. I am assuming I did something wrong in my class declaration.
Thank you in advance!
Edit -- I am fairly new to C Sharp. I am trying to parse a response from a REST API. I took the JSON provided by the Rest API and converted it using json2csharp into a class. My intent was to do something like this
Within a function return:
public ResponseType ExecuteSearch(String PartNumber)
{
~ ALL CODE FOR GENERATING req
// Perform the search and obtain results
var data = client.Execute(req).Content;
JSON = data;
return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<ResponseType>(data);
}
Then being able to access the response as an object outside of the function
Edit 2:
I figured out what I did. Instead of nesting everything within the ResponseType I should have simply renamed RootObject to ResponseType.

Intellisense does not allow me to access the subclasses RootObject.results list
it is because the property results is not static and you try to acces it this way. A static property is accessed via ClassName.PropertyName. For more information on static variables check the link.
It only shows Equals, GetHashCode, GetType and ToString
This is the basic set of methods that every object in C# inherits from the class object. This is why you can see it.
Intellisense will allow you to do this:
ResponseType.RootObject ro = new ResponseType.RootObject();
ro.results.First();
because you will need an Instance of that class to acces the property results.
I am assuming I did something wrong in my class declaration.
It depends. Basically if the compiler does not complain then you declared your classes as supposed to be. But the declaration of the properties commands you to access them in a specific way. So if you still want to access results with RootObject.results you need to make it static:
public class RootObject
{
public static List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
But note that this list will exist only once! and is not individual to each instance of RootObject! Since you have embedded classes you need to call it like this:
ResponseType.RootObject.results.WhatEver();
EDIT
I guess you would like to get the Object of type RootObject inside the Object of type ResponseType. If I am right then it is not necessary to declare the classes inside ResponseType but you have to declare variables of each type inside it like:
public class ResponseType
{
public RootObject MyRootObject{ get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}
Now you will be able to access the results variable inside the ResponseType object:
ResponseType rt = new ResponseType();
rt.MyRootObject.results.WhatEver();
For more information on how to deserialize JSON to classes please read the Deserialize JSON to C# Classes post

1) Object with ResponseType class isn't contain any fields(event static one).
2) You declare ResponseType object, but results is field of RootObject object.
So if you want to work with results you should do something like this:
ResponseType.RootObject rootObject = new ResponseType.RootObject();
rootObject.results.DoWork();

Below is what I think you are trying to do. I would only use it in this form if this is some kind of Data Transfer Object (DTO) because otherwise it is pretty bad practice for a class that would be used in code (mostly because of the public getters and setters on all of the fields and the field names matching the class name), but it does show your main mistake and that is that classes need to be defined outside of your main class and if you need that type of class in your top level class you need to define a public field to access it.
public class ResponseType
{
public Query Query { get; set; }
public Request Request { get; set; }
public Seller Seller { get; set; }
public Prices Prices { get; set; }
public Offer Offer { get; set; }
public Brand Brand { get; set; }
public Manufacturer Manufacturer { get; set; }
public Item Item { get; set; }
public Result Result { get; set; }
public RootObject RootObject { get; set; }
}
public class Query
{
public string q { get; set; }
public object sku { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object mpn_or_sku { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public object brand { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public int start { get; set; }
public object seller { get; set; }
}
public class Request
{
public bool exact_only { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Query> queries { get; set; }
}
public class Seller
{
public string display_flag { get; set; }
public bool has_ecommerce { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string id { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Prices
{
public List<List<object>> USD { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> JPY { get; set; }
public List<List<object>> CNY { get; set; }
}
public class Offer
{
public string sku { get; set; }
public string packaging { get; set; }
public string on_order_eta { get; set; }
public string last_updated { get; set; }
public int? order_multiple { get; set; }
public int in_stock_quantity { get; set; }
public string eligible_region { get; set; }
public int? moq { get; set; }
public int? on_order_quantity { get; set; }
public object octopart_rfq_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Seller seller { get; set; }
public string product_url { get; set; }
public object factory_order_multiple { get; set; }
public string _naive_id { get; set; }
public int? factory_lead_days { get; set; }
public Prices prices { get; set; }
public bool is_authorized { get; set; }
public bool is_realtime { get; set; }
}
public class Brand
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Manufacturer
{
public string homepage_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
}
public class Item
{
public List<Offer> offers { get; set; }
public string uid { get; set; }
public string mpn { get; set; }
public List<object> redirected_uids { get; set; }
public Brand brand { get; set; }
public string octopart_url { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public Manufacturer manufacturer { get; set; }
}
public class Result
{
public List<Item> items { get; set; }
public int hits { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public object reference { get; set; }
public object error { get; set; }
}
public class RootObject
{
public int msec { get; set; }
public Request request { get; set; }
public string __class__ { get; set; }
public List<Result> results { get; set; }
}

Why is my JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize() is not working?

I get this JSON from Box API call:
{"total_count":4,
"entries":[
{"type":"folder","id":"3102883693","sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","name":"Deployments"},
{"type":"folder","id":"3460455852","sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","name":"MARKETING"},
{"type":"folder","id":"2535410485","sequence_id":"1","etag":"1","name":"Plans"},
{"type":"folder","id":"3132381455","sequence_id":"0","etag":"0","name":"Projects"},
],
"offset":0,
"limit":100,
"order":[
{"by":"type","direction":"ASC"},
{"by":"name","direction":"ASC"}
]
}
I tried this to get it into class but I cant get my list:
var folders = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<List<FolderItems>>(response.Content);
Here are my classes:
public class FolderItems
{
public int total_count { get; set; }
public List<Entry> entries { get; set; }
public int offset { get; set; }
public int limit { get; set; }
public List<Order> order { get; set; }
}
public class Entry
{
public string type { get; set; }
public int id { get; set; }
public int sequence_id { get; set; }
public string etag { get; set; }
public string name { get; set; }
}
public class Order
{
public string by { get; set; }
public string direction { get; set; }
}

Based on your JSON, you have a single outer object, not a list.
var folder = new JavaScriptSerializer().Deserialize<FolderItems>(response.Content);
You should be deserializing into a single FolderItems object with a list of entries on that object.