Deserialiazing Json dictionary to list

Question

I have a Json file, with the object serialized correctly, but the problem is that the json has what seems like a dictionary with keys that are strings "0","1" and so on.

Is there any way, not involving writing an own parser, to correctly deserialise these into a list?

"WeaponSlots":{
        "0":{
           "WeaponInstalled":null,
           "AllowedWeaponTypes":{
              "0":{
                 "0":2
              }
           },
           "AllowedWeapons":null
        },
        "1":{
           "WeaponInstalled":null,
           "AllowedWeaponTypes":{
              "0":{
                 "0":2
              }
           },
           "AllowedWeapons":null
        }

Example file: https://pastebin.com/i3LQ3L7j

What *created* this JSON? Can you fix it to make WeaponSlots a proper list? — OneCricketeer, Sep 08 '18 at 21:03
You can generate a set of matching C# classes with **https://app.quicktype.io/#l=cs** and then use Json.NET to parse it into those types. — Peter B, Sep 08 '18 at 21:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '18 at 21:12

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You can use the datatype Dictionary<string, object> to deserialize this..

answered Sep 08 '18 at 21:12

user230910

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '18 at 22:31

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // load the file.
    var file = File.ReadAllText("Example.json");

    // to generate the 'Example' classes from JSON I used
    // https://app.quicktype.io and changed the name to 'Example'
    var example = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Example>(file);

    // select the value of each dictionary entry into a list.
    var sections = example.Sections.Select(x => x.Value).ToList();
}

Deserialiazing Json dictionary to list

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