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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