Analizando JSON usando Json.net

Estoy tratando de analizar un poco de JSON usando la biblioteca JSon.Net. La documentación parece un poco escasa y estoy confundido sobre cómo lograr lo que necesito. Aquí está el formato para el JSON que necesito analizar.

{
    "displayFieldName" : "OBJECT_NAME", 
    "fieldAliases" : {
        "OBJECT_NAME" : "OBJECT_NAME", 
        "OBJECT_TYPE" : "OBJECT_TYPE"
    }, 
    "positionType" : "point", 
    "reference" : {
        "id" : 1111
    }, 
    "objects" : [ {
        "attributes" : {
            "OBJECT_NAME" : "test name", 
            "OBJECT_TYPE" : "test type"
        }, 
        "position" : {
            "x" : 5, 
            "y" : 7
        }
    } ]
}

Los únicos datos que realmente necesito de esto son las cosas en la matriz de objetos. ¿Es posible para mí analizar eso con algo como JSonTextReader y simplemente extraer las cosas que quiero, como OBJECT_TYPE y la posición xey? Parece que no puedo ponerme JSonTextReadera trabajar como quiero y encuentro pocos o ningún ejemplo de uso.

Parece que serializar primero y luego usar LINQ con mi objeto sería ideal y cada ejemplo que encuentro analiza la serialización del JSON primero, pero no estoy seguro de cómo construiría un objeto para esta estructura. En particular, la matriz de objetos, que debería ser algo así como una lista de pares de objetos de atributo y posición. No tengo idea de cómo codificaría mi objeto para que JSon.Net supiera cómo serializarlo.

Pensé que podría escribir mi propio analizador simple para extraer todo lo que necesito en un objeto de atributos que creé, pero estoy teniendo poca suerte.

Con suerte, todo esto tiene sentido, ¿alguna idea?

No sé sobre JSON.NET, pero funciona bien con JavaScriptSerializerde System.Web.Extensions.dll(.NET 3.5 SP1):

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
public class NameTypePair
{
    public string OBJECT_NAME { get; set; }
    public string OBJECT_TYPE { get; set; }
}
public enum PositionType { none, point }
public class Ref
{
    public int id { get; set; }
}
public class SubObject
{
    public NameTypePair attributes { get; set; }
    public Position position { get; set; }
}
public class Position
{
    public int x { get; set; }
    public int y { get; set; }
}
public class Foo
{
    public Foo() { objects = new List<SubObject>(); }
    public string displayFieldName { get; set; }
    public NameTypePair fieldAliases { get; set; }
    public PositionType positionType { get; set; }
    public Ref reference { get; set; }
    public List<SubObject> objects { get; set; }
}
static class Program
{

    const string json = @"{
  ""displayFieldName"" : ""OBJECT_NAME"", 
  ""fieldAliases"" : {
    ""OBJECT_NAME"" : ""OBJECT_NAME"", 
    ""OBJECT_TYPE"" : ""OBJECT_TYPE""
  }, 
  ""positionType"" : ""point"", 
  ""reference"" : {
    ""id"" : 1111
  }, 
  ""objects"" : [
    {
      ""attributes"" : {
        ""OBJECT_NAME"" : ""test name"", 
        ""OBJECT_TYPE"" : ""test type""
      }, 
      ""position"" : 
      {
        ""x"" : 5, 
        ""y"" : 7
      }
    }
  ]
}";


    static void Main()
    {
        JavaScriptSerializer ser = new JavaScriptSerializer();
        Foo foo = ser.Deserialize<Foo>(json);
    }


}

Editar:

Json.NET funciona con el mismo JSON y clases.

Foo foo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Foo>(json);

Enlace: serializar y deserializar JSON con Json.NET

Editar: Gracias Marc, lee sobre el problema de estructura vs clase y tienes razón, ¡gracias!

Tiendo a usar el siguiente método para hacer lo que describe, usando un método estático de JSon.Net:

MyObject deserializedObject = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<MyObject>(json);

Enlace: serializar y deserializar JSON con Json.NET

Para la lista de Objetos, puedo sugerir el uso de listas genéricas hechas con tu propia clase pequeña que contiene attributesy positionclase. Puede usar la Pointestructura en System.Drawing( System.Drawing.Pointo System.Drawing.PointFpara números de punto flotante) para usted X e Y.

Después de la creación del objeto, es mucho más fácil obtener los datos que busca en comparación con el análisis de texto que de otro modo estaría viendo.

(Esta pregunta apareció en un lugar destacado en el resultado de un motor de búsqueda, pero terminé usando un enfoque diferente. Agregué una respuesta a esta pregunta anterior en caso de que otras personas con preguntas similares leyeran esto)

Puede resolver esto con Json.Net y crear un método de extensión para manejar los elementos que desea repetir:

public static Tuple<string, int, int> ToTuple(this JToken token)
{
    var type = token["attributes"]["OBJECT_TYPE"].ToString();
    var x = token["position"]["x"].Value<int>();
    var y = token["position"]["y"].Value<int>();
    return new Tuple<string, int, int>(type, x, y);
}

Y luego acceda a los datos de esta manera: (escenario: escribiendo en la consola):

var tuples = JObject.Parse(myJsonString)["objects"].Select(item => item.ToTuple()).ToList();
tuples.ForEach(t => Console.WriteLine("{0}: ({1},{2})", t.Item1, t.Item2, t.Item3));

/*
     * This method takes in JSON in the form returned by javascript's
     * JSON.stringify(Object) and returns a string->string dictionary.
     * This method may be of use when the format of the json is unknown.
     * You can modify the delimiters, etc pretty easily in the source
     * (sorry I didn't abstract it--I have a very specific use).
     */ 
    public static Dictionary<string, string> jsonParse(string rawjson)
    {
        Dictionary<string, string> outdict = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        StringBuilder keybufferbuilder = new StringBuilder();
        StringBuilder valuebufferbuilder = new StringBuilder();
        StringReader bufferreader = new StringReader(rawjson);

        int s = 0;
        bool reading = false;
        bool inside_string = false;
        bool reading_value = false;
        //break at end (returns -1)
        while (s >= 0)
        {
            s = bufferreader.Read();
            //opening of json
            if (!reading)
            {
                if ((char)s == '{' && !inside_string && !reading) reading = true;
                continue;
            }
            else
            {
                //if we find a quote and we are not yet inside a string, advance and get inside
                if (!inside_string)
                {
                    //read past the quote
                    if ((char)s == '\"') inside_string = true;
                    continue;
                }
                if (inside_string)
                {
                    //if we reached the end of the string
                    if ((char)s == '\"')
                    {
                        inside_string = false;
                        s = bufferreader.Read(); //advance pointer
                        if ((char)s == ':')
                        {
                            reading_value = true;
                            continue;
                        }
                        if (reading_value && (char)s == ',')
                        {
                            //we know we just ended the line, so put itin our dictionary
                            if (!outdict.ContainsKey(keybufferbuilder.ToString())) outdict.Add(keybufferbuilder.ToString(), valuebufferbuilder.ToString());
                            //and clear the buffers
                            keybufferbuilder.Clear();
                            valuebufferbuilder.Clear();
                            reading_value = false;
                        }
                        if (reading_value && (char)s == '}')
                        {
                            //we know we just ended the line, so put itin our dictionary
                            if (!outdict.ContainsKey(keybufferbuilder.ToString())) outdict.Add(keybufferbuilder.ToString(), valuebufferbuilder.ToString());
                            //and clear the buffers
                            keybufferbuilder.Clear();
                            valuebufferbuilder.Clear();
                            reading_value = false;
                            reading = false;
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (reading_value)
                        {
                            valuebufferbuilder.Append((char)s);
                            continue;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            keybufferbuilder.Append((char)s);
                            continue;
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    switch ((char)s)
                    {
                        case ':':
                            reading_value = true;
                            break;
                        default:
                            if (reading_value)
                            {
                                valuebufferbuilder.Append((char)s);
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                keybufferbuilder.Append((char)s);
                            }
                            break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return outdict;
    }

Usas la JSONclase y luego llamas a la GetData()función.

/// <summary>
/// This class encodes and decodes JSON strings.
/// Spec. details, see http://www.json.org/
///
/// JSON uses Arrays and Objects. These correspond here to the datatypes ArrayList and Hashtable.
/// All numbers are parsed to doubles.
/// </summary>
    using System;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Text;

public class JSON
{
    public const int TOKEN_NONE = 0;
    public const int TOKEN_CURLY_OPEN = 1;
    public const int TOKEN_CURLY_CLOSE = 2;
    public const int TOKEN_SQUARED_OPEN = 3;
    public const int TOKEN_SQUARED_CLOSE = 4;
    public const int TOKEN_COLON = 5;
    public const int TOKEN_COMMA = 6;
    public const int TOKEN_STRING = 7;
    public const int TOKEN_NUMBER = 8;
    public const int TOKEN_TRUE = 9;
    public const int TOKEN_FALSE = 10;
    public const int TOKEN_NULL = 11;

    private const int BUILDER_CAPACITY = 2000;

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses the string json into a value
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="json">A JSON string.</param>
    /// <returns>An ArrayList, a Hashtable, a double, a string, null, true, or false</returns>
    public static object JsonDecode(string json)
    {
        bool success = true;

        return JsonDecode(json, ref success);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses the string json into a value; and fills 'success' with the successfullness of the parse.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="json">A JSON string.</param>
    /// <param name="success">Successful parse?</param>
    /// <returns>An ArrayList, a Hashtable, a double, a string, null, true, or false</returns>
    public static object JsonDecode(string json, ref bool success)
    {
        success = true;
        if (json != null) {
            char[] charArray = json.ToCharArray();
            int index = 0;
            object value = ParseValue(charArray, ref index, ref success);
            return value;
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Converts a Hashtable / ArrayList object into a JSON string
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="json">A Hashtable / ArrayList</param>
    /// <returns>A JSON encoded string, or null if object 'json' is not serializable</returns>
    public static string JsonEncode(object json)
    {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(BUILDER_CAPACITY);
        bool success = SerializeValue(json, builder);
        return (success ? builder.ToString() : null);
    }

    protected static Hashtable ParseObject(char[] json, ref int index, ref bool success)
    {
        Hashtable table = new Hashtable();
        int token;

        // {
        NextToken(json, ref index);

        bool done = false;
        while (!done) {
            token = LookAhead(json, index);
            if (token == JSON.TOKEN_NONE) {
                success = false;
                return null;
            } else if (token == JSON.TOKEN_COMMA) {
                NextToken(json, ref index);
            } else if (token == JSON.TOKEN_CURLY_CLOSE) {
                NextToken(json, ref index);
                return table;
            } else {

                // name
                string name = ParseString(json, ref index, ref success);
                if (!success) {
                    success = false;
                    return null;
                }

                // :
                token = NextToken(json, ref index);
                if (token != JSON.TOKEN_COLON) {
                    success = false;
                    return null;
                }

                // value
                object value = ParseValue(json, ref index, ref success);
                if (!success) {
                    success = false;
                    return null;
                }

                table[name] = value;
            }
        }

        return table;
    }

    protected static ArrayList ParseArray(char[] json, ref int index, ref bool success)
    {
        ArrayList array = new ArrayList();

        // [
        NextToken(json, ref index);

        bool done = false;
        while (!done) {
            int token = LookAhead(json, index);
            if (token == JSON.TOKEN_NONE) {
                success = false;
                return null;
            } else if (token == JSON.TOKEN_COMMA) {
                NextToken(json, ref index);
            } else if (token == JSON.TOKEN_SQUARED_CLOSE) {
                NextToken(json, ref index);
                break;
            } else {
                object value = ParseValue(json, ref index, ref success);
                if (!success) {
                    return null;
                }

                array.Add(value);
            }
        }

        return array;
    }

    protected static object ParseValue(char[] json, ref int index, ref bool success)
    {
        switch (LookAhead(json, index)) {
            case JSON.TOKEN_STRING:
                return ParseString(json, ref index, ref success);
            case JSON.TOKEN_NUMBER:
                return ParseNumber(json, ref index, ref success);
            case JSON.TOKEN_CURLY_OPEN:
                return ParseObject(json, ref index, ref success);
            case JSON.TOKEN_SQUARED_OPEN:
                return ParseArray(json, ref index, ref success);
            case JSON.TOKEN_TRUE:
                NextToken(json, ref index);
                return true;
            case JSON.TOKEN_FALSE:
                NextToken(json, ref index);
                return false;
            case JSON.TOKEN_NULL:
                NextToken(json, ref index);
                return null;
            case JSON.TOKEN_NONE:
                break;
        }

        success = false;
        return null;
    }

    protected static string ParseString(char[] json, ref int index, ref bool success)
    {
        StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder(BUILDER_CAPACITY);
        char c;

        EatWhitespace(json, ref index);

        // "
        c = json[index++];

        bool complete = false;
        while (!complete) {

            if (index == json.Length) {
                break;
            }

            c = json[index++];
            if (c == '"') {
                complete = true;
                break;
            } else if (c == '\\') {

                if (index == json.Length) {
                    break;
                }
                c = json[index++];
                if (c == '"') {
                    s.Append('"');
                } else if (c == '\\') {
                    s.Append('\\');
                } else if (c == '/') {
                    s.Append('/');
                } else if (c == 'b') {
                    s.Append('\b');
                } else if (c == 'f') {
                    s.Append('\f');
                } else if (c == 'n') {
                    s.Append('\n');
                } else if (c == 'r') {
                    s.Append('\r');
                } else if (c == 't') {
                    s.Append('\t');
                } else if (c == 'u') {
                    int remainingLength = json.Length - index;
                    if (remainingLength >= 4) {
                        // parse the 32 bit hex into an integer codepoint
                        uint codePoint;
                        if (!(success = UInt32.TryParse(new string(json, index, 4), NumberStyles.HexNumber, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out codePoint))) {
                            return "";
                        }
                        // convert the integer codepoint to a unicode char and add to string
                        s.Append(Char.ConvertFromUtf32((int)codePoint));
                        // skip 4 chars
                        index += 4;
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }
                }

            } else {
                s.Append(c);
            }

        }

        if (!complete) {
            success = false;
            return null;
        }

        return s.ToString();
    }

    protected static double ParseNumber(char[] json, ref int index, ref bool success)
    {
        EatWhitespace(json, ref index);

        int lastIndex = GetLastIndexOfNumber(json, index);
        int charLength = (lastIndex - index) + 1;

        double number;
        success = Double.TryParse(new string(json, index, charLength), NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out number);

        index = lastIndex + 1;
        return number;
    }

    protected static int GetLastIndexOfNumber(char[] json, int index)
    {
        int lastIndex;

        for (lastIndex = index; lastIndex < json.Length; lastIndex++) {
            if ("0123456789+-.eE".IndexOf(json[lastIndex]) == -1) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return lastIndex - 1;
    }

    protected static void EatWhitespace(char[] json, ref int index)
    {
        for (; index < json.Length; index++) {
            if (" \t\n\r".IndexOf(json[index]) == -1) {
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    protected static int LookAhead(char[] json, int index)
    {
        int saveIndex = index;
        return NextToken(json, ref saveIndex);
    }

    protected static int NextToken(char[] json, ref int index)
    {
        EatWhitespace(json, ref index);

        if (index == json.Length) {
            return JSON.TOKEN_NONE;
        }

        char c = json[index];
        index++;
        switch (c) {
            case '{':
                return JSON.TOKEN_CURLY_OPEN;
            case '}':
                return JSON.TOKEN_CURLY_CLOSE;
            case '[':
                return JSON.TOKEN_SQUARED_OPEN;
            case ']':
                return JSON.TOKEN_SQUARED_CLOSE;
            case ',':
                return JSON.TOKEN_COMMA;
            case '"':
                return JSON.TOKEN_STRING;
            case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
            case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
            case '-':
                return JSON.TOKEN_NUMBER;
            case ':':
                return JSON.TOKEN_COLON;
        }
        index--;

        int remainingLength = json.Length - index;

        // false
        if (remainingLength >= 5) {
            if (json[index] == 'f' &&
                json[index + 1] == 'a' &&
                json[index + 2] == 'l' &&
                json[index + 3] == 's' &&
                json[index + 4] == 'e') {
                index += 5;
                return JSON.TOKEN_FALSE;
            }
        }

        // true
        if (remainingLength >= 4) {
            if (json[index] == 't' &&
                json[index + 1] == 'r' &&
                json[index + 2] == 'u' &&
                json[index + 3] == 'e') {
                index += 4;
                return JSON.TOKEN_TRUE;
            }
        }

        // null
        if (remainingLength >= 4) {
            if (json[index] == 'n' &&
                json[index + 1] == 'u' &&
                json[index + 2] == 'l' &&
                json[index + 3] == 'l') {
                index += 4;
                return JSON.TOKEN_NULL;
            }
        }

        return JSON.TOKEN_NONE;
    }

    protected static bool SerializeValue(object value, StringBuilder builder)
    {
        bool success = true;

        if (value is string) {
            success = SerializeString((string)value, builder);
        } else if (value is Hashtable) {
            success = SerializeObject((Hashtable)value, builder);
        } else if (value is ArrayList) {
            success = SerializeArray((ArrayList)value, builder);
        } else if ((value is Boolean) && ((Boolean)value == true)) {
            builder.Append("true");
        } else if ((value is Boolean) && ((Boolean)value == false)) {
            builder.Append("false");
        } else if (value is ValueType) {
            // thanks to ritchie for pointing out ValueType to me
            success = SerializeNumber(Convert.ToDouble(value), builder);
        } else if (value == null) {
            builder.Append("null");
        } else {
            success = false;
        }
        return success;
    }

    protected static bool SerializeObject(Hashtable anObject, StringBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.Append("{");

        IDictionaryEnumerator e = anObject.GetEnumerator();
        bool first = true;
        while (e.MoveNext()) {
            string key = e.Key.ToString();
            object value = e.Value;

            if (!first) {
                builder.Append(", ");
            }

            SerializeString(key, builder);
            builder.Append(":");
            if (!SerializeValue(value, builder)) {
                return false;
            }

            first = false;
        }

        builder.Append("}");
        return true;
    }

    protected static bool SerializeArray(ArrayList anArray, StringBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.Append("[");

        bool first = true;
        for (int i = 0; i < anArray.Count; i++) {
            object value = anArray[i];

            if (!first) {
                builder.Append(", ");
            }

            if (!SerializeValue(value, builder)) {
                return false;
            }

            first = false;
        }

        builder.Append("]");
        return true;
    }

    protected static bool SerializeString(string aString, StringBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.Append("\"");

        char[] charArray = aString.ToCharArray();
        for (int i = 0; i < charArray.Length; i++) {
            char c = charArray[i];
            if (c == '"') {
                builder.Append("\\\"");
            } else if (c == '\\') {
                builder.Append("\\\\");
            } else if (c == '\b') {
                builder.Append("\\b");
            } else if (c == '\f') {
                builder.Append("\\f");
            } else if (c == '\n') {
                builder.Append("\\n");
            } else if (c == '\r') {
                builder.Append("\\r");
            } else if (c == '\t') {
                builder.Append("\\t");
            } else {
                int codepoint = Convert.ToInt32(c);
                if ((codepoint >= 32) && (codepoint <= 126)) {
                    builder.Append(c);
                } else {
                    builder.Append("\\u" + Convert.ToString(codepoint, 16).PadLeft(4, '0'));
                }
            }
        }

        builder.Append("\"");
        return true;
    }

    protected static bool SerializeNumber(double number, StringBuilder builder)
    {
        builder.Append(Convert.ToString(number, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
        return true;
    }
}

//parse and show entire json in key-value pair
    Hashtable HTList = (Hashtable)JSON.JsonDecode("completejsonstring");
        public void GetData(Hashtable HT)
        {           
            IDictionaryEnumerator ienum = HT.GetEnumerator();
            while (ienum.MoveNext())
            {
                if (ienum.Value is ArrayList)
                {
                    ArrayList arnew = (ArrayList)ienum.Value;
                    foreach (object obj in arnew)                    
                    {
                        Hashtable hstemp = (Hashtable)obj;
                        GetData(hstemp);
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(ienum.Key + "=" + ienum.Value);
                }
            }
        }