Removing JSON deserialization in C # - an attempt to turn an associative JSON array into a dictionary <string, string>

Question

I have this JSON:

{
    "AutoRefreshEnabled" : false,
    "AutoRefreshInterval" : 1,
    "AutoCycleEnabled" : false,
    "AutoCycleInterval" : 1,
    "Tabs" : {
        "RadTab_Home",
        "Dashboard"
    },
    "CommandName" : "Update Global Settings"
}

I am trying to save it in this class, but I'm not sure how to handle the Tabs inline object. There may be an arbitrary number of tabs greater than 0 (so 1+, the first key will always be RadTab_Home). Tabs should not be string[]. I want it to be Dictionary<string, string>, but I'm not sure how to put it.

[DataContract]
public class GlobalSettingsJSON
{
    private static readonly ILog Logger = 
        LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

    public GlobalSettingsJSON() { }

    public GlobalSettingsJSON(string commandName, string autoRefreshEnabled, 
        string autoRefreshInterval, string autoCycleEnabled, 
        string autoCycleInterval, Dictionary<string, string> tabs)
    {
        Logger.InfoFormat("Command Name: {0}, DockID: {1}, " +
            "AutoRefreshEnabled: {2}, AutoRefreshInterval: {3}, " +
            "AutoCycleEnabled: {4}, AutoCycleInterval: {5}",
            commandName, autoRefreshEnabled, autoRefreshInterval, 
            autoCycleEnabled, autoCycleInterval);

        CommandName = commandName;
        AutoRefreshEnabled = autoRefreshEnabled;
        AutoRefreshInterval = autoRefreshInterval;
        AutoCycleEnabled = autoCycleEnabled;
        AutoCycleInterval = autoCycleInterval;
        Tabs = tabs;
    }

    [DataMember(Name = "CommandName")]
    public string CommandName { get; set; }

    [DataMember(Name = "AutoRefreshEnabled")]
    public string AutoRefreshEnabled { get; set; }

    [DataMember(Name = "AutoRefreshInterval")]
    public string AutoRefreshInterval { get; set; }

    [DataMember(Name = "AutoCycleEnabled")]
    public string AutoCycleEnabled { get; set; }

    [DataMember(Name = "AutoCycleInterval")]
    public string AutoCycleInterval { get; set; }

    [DataMember(Name = "Tabs")]
    public Dictionary<string, string> Tabs { get; set; }
}

EDIT: Tabs no longer return data, but no error occurs. EDIT: DataContractJsonSerializer does not support dictionary deserialization. JSON.net, however, does! EDIT: The code worked perfectly with the Newtonsoft JSON deserializer.

Answer 1

, Tabs Dictionary<string, string>, JSON . :

"Tabs" : [
    "RadTab_Home",
    "Dashboard"
],

string[]. (.. Dictionary<string, string>), , , JSON:

"Tabs" : [
    { "key1" : "RadTab_Home" },
    { "key2" : "Dashboard" }
],

Dictionary<string, string>, . , :

// NOTE: You can use POCO DataContract serialization for this type.
[DataContract]
public class Pair
{
    [DataMember]
    public string Key { get; set; }

    [DataMember]
    public string Value { get; set; }
}

Tabs :

[DataMember]
public Pair[] Tabs { get; set; }

Dictionary<string, string> LINQ:

// Deserialized instance.
MyClass instance = ...;

// Map
IDictionary<string, string> tabsMap = instance.Tabs.
    ToDictionary(p => p.Key, p => p.Value);

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