I want to convert a dynamic object to json string. It worked perfect when I used Newtonsoft.Json at past. when I upgraded .net core to 3.0 and used System.Text.Json instead, it was bad.
See the code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Dynamic;
namespace ConsoleApp
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
dynamic product = new ExpandoObject();
product.ProductName = "Elbow Grease";
product.Enabled = true;
product.Price = 4.90m;
product.StockCount = 9000;
product.StockValue = 44100;
product.Tags = new string[] { "Real", "OnSale" };
// Will output: { "ProductName":"Elbow Grease","Enabled":true,"Price":4.90,
// "StockCount":9000,"StockValue":44100,"Tags":["Real","OnSale"]}
var json1 = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);
Console.WriteLine(json1);
// Both will throw exception: System.InvalidCastException:“Unable to
// cast object of type '<GetExpandoEnumerator>d__51' to type
// 'System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator'.”
var json2 = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(product);
Console.WriteLine(json2);
var json3 = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize<IDictionary<string, object>>(product as IDictionary<string, object>);
Console.WriteLine(json3);
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}
If I want to persist using System.Text.Json to convert the dynamic object because I hear that it is faster then other json converts, how could I do?
This is logged as JsonSerializer support for ExpandoObject #38007 stil Open as of 2019 Oct 21.
You can use an anonymous type instead.
var product = new {
ProductName = "Elbow Grease",
Enabled = true,
Price = 4.90m,
StockCount = 9000,
StockValue = 44100,
Tags = new string[] { "Real", "OnSale" }
};
var json1 = Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.SerializeObject(product);
Console.WriteLine(json1);
var json2 = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(product);
Console.WriteLine(json2);
{"ProductName":"Elbow Grease","Enabled":true,"Price":4.90,"StockCount":9000,"StockValue":44100,"Tags":["Real","OnSale"]}
{"ProductName":"Elbow Grease","Enabled":true,"Price":4.90,"StockCount":9000,"StockValue":44100,"Tags":["Real","OnSale"]}
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