Here is some easy, generic code to serialize your objects to and from JSON:
Public Shared Function JsonEncode(ByVal input As Object) As String
Dim serilizer = New DataContractJsonSerializer(input.GetType)
Using ms = New MemoryStream()
serilizer.WriteObject(ms, input)
Return Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray())
End Using
End Function
Public Shared Function JsonDecode(Of T)(ByVal input As String) As T
Using ms = New MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(input))
Dim serilizer = New DataContractJsonSerializer(GetType(T))
Return DirectCast(serilizer.ReadObject(ms), T)
End Using
End Function
public static string JsonEncode(object input)
{
var serilizer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(input.GetType());
using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
{
serilizer.WriteObject(ms, input);
return Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray());
}
}
public static T JsonDecode<T>(string input)
{
using (var ms = new MemoryStream(Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(input)))
{
var serilizer = new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof(T));
return (T)serilizer.ReadObject(ms);
}
}
Tip Submitted By: David McCarter