Using references doesn’t work with objects that only have constructors with parameters. Json.NET has to deserialize all the child values before it creates the parent, it needs those values to pass to the constructor, so there is no valid parent reference to assign to the child.
@Ilija Dimov is correct–JSON.NET parses JSON floats as doubles by default. If you still want to use JObject instead of creating a full blown POCO for deserialization, you can use a JsonTextReader and set the FloatParseHandling option: var reader = new JsonTextReader(new StringReader(clientString)); reader.FloatParseHandling = FloatParseHandling.Decimal; JObject obj = JObject.Load(reader); Console.WriteLine(obj[“max”].Value<decimal>()); // 1214.704958677686
http://json.codeplex.com/workitem/22429 “I would rather keep $type hard coded and consistent.” Consistent with what I wonder? http://json.codeplex.com/workitem/21989 I would rather not – I think this is too specific to me and I don’t want to go overboard with settings. At some point I will probably implement this – http://json.codeplex.com/workitem/21856 – allowing people to read/write there own … Read more
Great question. I haven’t seen a clear piece of documentation that says when you should prefer to write a custom ContractResolver or a custom JsonConverter to solve a particular type of problem. They really do different things, but there is some overlap between what kinds of problems can be solved by each. I’ve written a … Read more
You can use SelectToken() to select a token from deep within the LINQ-to-JSON hierarchy for deserialization. In two lines: var token = jObj.SelectToken(“response.docs”); var su = token == null ? null : token.ToObject<Solr_User []>(); Or in one line, by conditionally deserializing a null JToken when the selected token is missing: var su = (jObj.SelectToken(“response.docs”) ?? … Read more
From the standard, JSON is built out of the following five types of token: object: an unordered set of name/value pairs. array: an ordered collection of values. value: a string in double quotes, or a number, or true or false or null, or an object or an array. These structures can be nested. string number. … Read more