Is there an existing library to parse JSON to Dictionary<String,Object> in .net?

Question

I'd like to be able to parse a string of JSON representing an object into a property bag (like a Dictionary) which I can use in C#.

Given this string:

{ "id":1, "name":"some name", "some parameter":2 }

I want to end up with a Dictionary which contains "id", "name", and "some parameter" as keys and 1, "some name", and 2 as values respectively.

I don't want to parse the JSON string myself - maybe there's a library (preferably in the .net framework) that I can lean on to do the parsing for me to give access to the key/values in the JSON object. Or is there a deserializer available which I can explicitly tell which .net type to target?

In my scenario I'll only ever have one root "object" (it won't start with an array).

Thanks.

Answer 1

var json = new JavaScriptSerializer() { MaxJsonLength = int.MaxValue };
var dict = (IDictionary<string, object>)json.DeserializeObject(yourString);

Answer 2

JavaScriptSerializer should do what you need.

Also, Json.NET if you don't mind going 3rd party.

Answer 3

Have you looked at the DataContractJsonSerializer and JavaScriptSerializer to see if either of those meet your needs?

If not, you could also try JSON.NET