JSON deserialization fails

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Hey!

I hope someone of you can help me.
I am receivin JSON and therefore, I created a class.
So far so good :)

VB

Public Class HotelList

    <JsonProperty("@size")>
    Public Property Size As String

    <JsonProperty("@activePropertyCount")>
    Public Property ActivePropertyCount As String

    <JsonProperty("HotelSummary")>
    Public Property HotelSummary As List(Of HotelSummary)
End Class

Normally, "HotelSummary" is a list, but in some cases not.
How should I handle that?

Thanks in advance!!!
Cheers

Posted 3-Jun-14 2:52am

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DamithSL 3-Jun-14 9:01am

what is the problem? so you have at least one item as HotelSummary?

Member 9500954 3-Jun-14 9:31am

i am getting an error because it is not a list anymore

Member 9500954 18-Jun-14 10:27am

Hey! Does anyone of you can help me with this? Would be awesome. Cheers

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 1 · 2014-06-03T03:28:00

Solution 1

Easiest is to simply always return an array of HotelSummary. If there is only one HotelSummary, then there is just 1 item in the array. When non are returned, it is just an empty list. This makes it a lot easier.

Good luck!

Posted 3-Jun-14 3:28am

E.F. Nijboer

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Member 9500954 18-Jun-14 5:37am

Hey!

Thanks for your reply!
When I am doing like:
<jsonproperty("hotelsummary")>
Public Property HotelSummary() HotelSummary

or

<jsonproperty("hotelsummary")>
Public Property HotelSummary HotelSummary()

it is still not working!

Do you have any other suggestions?
Thanks a lot for your help and time
Cheers