How to deserialize a property with a dash (“-”) in it's name with NewtonSoft JsonConvert?

Question

We have a JSON object with one of the object having a dash in its name. Ex below.

{     "veg": [         {             "id": "3",             "name": "Vegetables",             "count": "25"         },         {             "id": "4",             "name": "Dal",             "count": "2"         },         {             "id": "5",             "name": "Rice",             "count": "8"         },         {             "id": "7",             "name": "Breads",             "count": "6"         },         {             "id": "9",             "name": "Meals",             "count": "3"         },         {             "id": "46",             "name": "Extras",             "count": "10"         }     ],     "non-veg": [         {             "id": "25",             "name": "Starters",             "count": "9"         },         {             "id": "30",             "name": "Gravies",             "count": "13"         },         {             "id": "50",             "name": "Rice",             "count": "4"         }     ] } 

How can we deserialize this json?

Answer 1

To answer the question on how to do this WITH NewtonSoft, you would use the JsonProperty property attribute flag.

[JsonProperty(PropertyName="non-veg")] public string nonVeg { get; set; }