Questions tagged [json-deserialization]

JSON (javascriptObject Notation) is an efficient data encoding format that enables fast exchanges of small amounts of data between client browsers and ajax-enabled Web services.

JSON deserialization is the process of converting a JSON string into an instance of an object, often a class. JSON encoded strings carry both structural and data information, so the instance of the object resulting from deserialization is a well-defined, data-filled object.

For example the following jsonstring:

string json_encoded_string = @"{""name"" : ""John"", ""surname"" : ""Doe"", ""age"" : 38}";

can be deserialized into an instance of the following class:

class Person
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string surname { get; set; }
    public int age { get; set; }
}