deserializing Static properties using json.net?

Question

Hi guys I have a JSON like the one below

{
  "totals": {
    "tokenType": "string",
    "tokenDenomination": "double",
    "count": "int"
  },
  "IDCode": "string",
  "Key": "string"
}

and c# code to deserialize in to object is

internal class GetTokenRootInfo
{
    public  static Totals totals{ get; set;}
    public  static string IDCode{ get; set;}
    public  static string Key{ get; set;}
}

When I use jsonconvert.DeserializeObject<gettokenrootinfo>(json); nothing is being set and every var is a null.

But if I remove static types then everything works.

Can any one tell me the reason why static types are not working when deserializing the object?

Answer 1

If you really want to deserialize to static members on the class, you can explicitly mark them with a [JsonProperty] attribute, and that will allow it to work:

internal class GetTokenRootInfo
{
    [JsonProperty("totals")]
    public static Totals totals { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("IDCode")]
    public static string IDCode { get; set; }
    [JsonProperty("Key")]
    public static string Key { get; set; }
}