Nested dictionary to class by type

Question

I'm trying to convert a nested Dictionary to nested class base on its type. For example. I have this dictionary:

{
    "owner": {
        "name": {
            "first": "Linh",
            "last": "Nguyen"
        },
        "age": "Nguyen"
    },
    "power": {
        "index": "1",
        "range": "5"
    }
}

And I have this nested class :

    public class AccountRegistrationViewModel
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Account owner.
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        public Owner Owner { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// User age.
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        public int Age { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Account photo.
        /// </summary>
        [Required]
        public List<HttpFile> Photos { get; set; }
    }

    public class Owner
    {
        public Name Name { get; set; }
    }

    public class Name
    {
        public string First { get; set; }

        public string Last { get; set; }
    }

And I have this function:

T Convert<T>(IDictionary<string, object> input, Type classType)
{
    // Do something.
    return T;
}

In javascript, it is very easy to do this task, but currently, I don't know how to achieve this task by using C#.

Can someone help me please?

Thank you,

So your dictionary is what exactly? Is that just the primitive values displayed as json for some reason? Also `"age": "Nguyen"` ? It would be better if you created an MCVE, a method where you create the dictionary with values as you would receive it. Post that in the question. — Igor, Mar 18 '17 at 17:37
Also why use generics here if you know what it is you want to convert to? Using generics serves no purpose. — Igor, Mar 18 '17 at 17:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

For those who wants to convert nested dictionary to a class.

Actually, my question is for making a new multipart/form-data formatter for Web API 2. I've tried some formatters made for Web API 2 but it failed to deal with nested class when a file is uploaded.

https://gist.github.com/Danielku15/bfc568a19b9e58fd9e80 How create a MultipartFormFormatter for ASP.NET 4.5 Web API

Here is my alternative multipart/form-data formatter.

My implementation may not be the best, but at least we can improve it later. Thanks to the miracle comes from Reflection.

Nested dictionary to class by type

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