How to parse JSON without JSON.NET library?

Question

I'm trying to build a Metro application for Windows 8 on Visual Studio 2011. and while I'm trying to do that, I'm having some issues on how to parse JSON without JSON.NET library (It doesn't support the metro applications yet).

Anyway, I want to parse this:

{
   "name":"Prince Charming",
   "artist":"Metallica",
   "genre":"Rock and Metal",
   "album":"Reload",
   "album_image":"http:\/\/up203.siz.co.il\/up2\/u2zzzw4mjayz.png",
   "link":"http:\/\/f2h.co.il\/7779182246886"
}

Answer 1

You can use the classes found in the System.Json Namespace which were added in .NET 4.5. You need to add a reference to the System.Runtime.Serialization assembly

The JsonValue.Parse() Method parses JSON text and returns a JsonValue:

JsonValue value = JsonValue.Parse(@"{ ""name"":""Prince Charming"", ...");

If you pass a string with a JSON object, you should be able to cast the value to a JsonObject:

using System.Json;


JsonObject result = value as JsonObject;

Console.WriteLine("Name .... {0}", (string)result["name"]);
Console.WriteLine("Artist .. {0}", (string)result["artist"]);
Console.WriteLine("Genre ... {0}", (string)result["genre"]);
Console.WriteLine("Album ... {0}", (string)result["album"]);

The classes are quite similar to those found in the System.Xml.Linq Namespace.