C# Automatic Property Deserialization - Lists

Question

I'm trying to use automatic deserialization in my MVC action like so:

public void CreateEntitlementEntity(EntitlementEntityModel model) {
     // stuff
}

And here's the class I want to deserialize:

public class EntitlementEntityModel {
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public string Email { get; set; }

    public List<string> Domains { get; set; }

    public EntitlementEntityModel() { }
}

I'm passing a JSON object of data to the controller action:

data: {
    FirstName: 'first',
    LastName: 'last',
    Email: '[email protected]',
    Domains: ['a','b','c']
}

All of the properties deserialize correctly except the List of strings. I would like to turn a JSON array into a List, but it instead gives me a list with one string in it, the JSON array string.

Is there a way to accomplish this in .Net Framework 3.5?

Thanks

Answer 1

Maybe you can use some input from this thread?

Deserializing json array into .net class