Converting dynamic type to dictionary C#

Question

I have a dynamic object that looks like this,

 {     "2" : "foo",     "5" : "bar",     "8" : "foobar"  } 

How can I convert this to a dictionary?

Answer 1

You can use a RouteValueDictionary to convert a C# object to a dictionary. See: RouteValueDictionary Class - MSDN. It converts object properties to key-value pairs.

Use it like this:

var toBeConverted = new {     foo = 2,     bar = 5,     foobar = 8 };  var result = new RouteValueDictionary(toBeConverted); 

Answer 2

You can fill the dictionary using reflection:

public Dictionary<String, Object> Dyn2Dict(dynamic dynObj) {      var dictionary = new Dictionary<string, object>();      foreach (PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor in TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(dynObj))      {         object obj = propertyDescriptor.GetValue(dynObj);         dictionary.Add(propertyDescriptor.Name, obj);      }      return dictionary; }