Mapping tool for converting Java's JSON to/from C#

Question

Is there any tool out there can convert Java's JSON to/from C#?

Answer 1

JSON is a data interchange format (JavaScript Object Notation) that is not tied to either Java or .NET or any specific implementation.

Are you looking for a JSON library for .NET? There are links to many libraries for different platforms and languages at the bottom of the linked page.

Answer 2

AFAIK Json is not server-side-language-dependent, since it applies to JavaScript, not strictly to Java or C#. Given this, a Json correctly formatted should correctly work with any parser in any server-side language. If you are searching a C# implementation for Json handling, take a look at these sources:

• LitJSON
• System.Web.Script.Serialization.JavaScriptSerializer

Answer 3

And to complement with Java-side tools (which are aplenty as well), I suggest having a look at Jackson JSON parser/databinder. For other suggestions there are many many SO questions, such as this one.

Answer 4

In .NET you can use the DataContract and DataMember attributes from the System.Runtime.Serialization to define the variables of the Json object like this

using System.Runtime.Serialization;

[DataContract]
class MyJSONObject
{
    [DataMember(Name="property1")]
    public int Property1
    {
        get;
        set;
    }

    [DataMember(Name = "property2")]
    public int Property2
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}   

Then, provided you are using .NET 3.5 or later, you can use the DataContractJsonSerializer class from the System.Runtime.Serialization.Json namespace to serialize your object to a JSON string or deserialize a JSON string to your object.