Converting JsonResult into a different object in C#

JLB picture JLB · Sep 16, 2014 · Viewed 11.3k times · Source

So I have an object named Balance that contains:

public class Balance
{
   string balance1;
   string balance2;
   string currency;
}

and I'm trying to parse a JsonResult object that is returned by a different function call into an instance of Balance.

I've tried using JsonConvert.Serialize and Deseralize<Balance>, however, the object that I'm trying to parse into is set to null every time (ie balance1 = null etc)

Any help would be much appreciated.

EDIT:

Below is the code I'm trying to parse. Also, I realized that the data access in JsonResult is in a value called Data and shows up as Data: { balance1: "800" balance2: "800" currency: "CAD"}.

JsonResult result = admin.GetCompanyBalance(test.CustomerID, test.DevelopmentID); 
string json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(result);
Balance br = new Balance();
br = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Balance>(json);

Answer

Edgar Hernandez picture Edgar Hernandez · Sep 16, 2014

JsonResult.Data is the Balance object you are looking for.

    JsonResult result = admin.GetCompanyBalance(test.CustomerID, test.DevelopmentID);

    var balance = result.Data as Balance;

Or if you want to test the serialization and deserialization you can do

    var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(result.Data);   

    var br = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Balance>(json);

http://www.heartysoft.com/ashic/blog/2010/5/ASPNET-MVC-Unit-Testing-JsonResult-Returning-Anonymous-Types