xamarin c# deserialize JSON containing nested object

Question

I have a webservice that return a JSON in this format:

[{
    "Route0": {
        "RouteID": "AAA",
        "RouteDescription": "",
        "ReturnCode": "0",
        "ReturnError": ""
    }
}, {
    "Route1": {
        "RouteID": "AABCLO",
        "RouteDescription": "Antoine Abdo Bachaalani Close",
        "ReturnCode": "0",
        "ReturnError": ""
    }
}]

I need to deserialize it: I created 2 classes:

public class PullRouteDetailsObjectChild
    {
        public string RouteID { get; set; }
        public string RouteDescription { get; set; }
        public string ReturnCode { get; set; }
        public string ReturnError { get; set; }
    }

    public class PullRouteDetailsObject
    {
        public PullRouteDetailsObjectChild Route { get; set; }
    }

and I am using this code to deserialize:

    List<PullRouteDetailsObject> jsonRoutes =      
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<PullRouteDetailsObject>>(jsonresult);

I am able to get a list of 2 PullRouteDetailsObject which is correct but the child object is always null. I am sure that I am missing something but can't find what. I need to access child object

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

You need to use this instead:

var jsonRoutes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Dictionary<string, PullRouteDetailsObject>>>(jsonresult);

As you're getting a list of objects with a property which contains your 'PullRouteDetailsObject' (Route0, Route1).