JSON.Net Serialize list with root name

Question

I've looked and can't find anything and this is really starting to annoy me...

I've got JSON.Net and the following snippet of code

var x = insList.Select(a => new
{
    ac = a.CreatedDate,
    bd = a.CreatedBy
 });
 this.Context.Response.Write(x.ToJSON());

.ToJSON() is a simple extension method:

public static string ToJSON(this object obj)
    { return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj); }

The json output is

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Ideally what I'd like is the highlight bits to have the same root name, rather than just {}

Can anyone help please?

Brian Rogers · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-30 16:53:49Z

2

Objects do not have names in JSON, properties do. (See JSON.org.) Therefore, if you want to name an object, you'll have to make it the value of a property of another containing object.

var x = insList.Select(a => new
{
    rootName = new 
    {
        ac = a.CreatedDate,
        bd = a.CreatedBy
    }
});

This will yield the following JSON:

[
  {
    "rootName": {
      "ac": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
      "bd": 0
    }
  },
  {
    "rootName": {
      "ac": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
      "bd": 0
    }
  },
  {
    "rootName": {
      "ac": "0001-01-01T00:00:00",
      "bd": 0
    }
  }
]

answered Apr 30, 2014 at 16:53

Brian Rogers

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