Format list of objects as JSON

[vhafdal]

Hi,
Might not be on the right track but I was looking if SmartFormat might work for this scenario.

var ArrayOfProducts = new List(){
new Product(){"ItemCode":"0001","Descirption":"Item 1", "Price1":100},
new Product(){"ItemCode":"0002","Descirption":"Item 2", "Price1":110},
}

Now I would like this to be output a Json string that I can customize
For example I would like the output to be
[{
"Id":{"SKU":"0001"},
"Name":"Item 1",
"UnitPrice":100
},
{
"Id":{"SKU":"0002"},
"Name":"Item 2",
"UnitPrice":110
}]

var res = SmartFormat.Smart.Format(@"{Products:list:{ {Product:{ItemCode}} }|,}", new { Products = products.Select(x=> (object)x) });

I am just getting started to see if I can use SmartFormat but seem not to be able to get it to do what I want.
Think I am just having a hard time getting started :)

Best regards,
Valdi

[axunonb]

Here's the the proof-of-concept to hammer a nail into the wall with pliers 😉, i.e. to use SmartFormat to serialize to JSON. It's possible, but pretty tedious:

public class Product
{
    public string ItemCode { get; set; }
    public string Description { get; set; }
    public decimal Price1 { get; set; }
}
public void JsonOutput()
{
    var p1 = new Product { ItemCode = "0001", Description = "Item 1", Price1 = 100 };
    var p2 = new Product { ItemCode = "0002", Description = "Item 2", Price1 = 110 };
    var arrayOfProducts = new List<Product> { p1, p2 };

    var result = Smart.Format("[{:list:\n\\{\n\"Id:\"\\{\"SKU\":\"{:{ItemCode}\"\\}}|\n\\},}\n\\}\n]", arrayOfProducts);
    /*
        [
        {
        "Id:"{"SKU":"0001"}
        },
        {
        "Id:"{"SKU":"0002"}
        }
        ]
     */
}

The better way could look like this, using the Newtonsoft.Json library :

var result = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(arrayOfProducts);
/*
[{
"Id":{"SKU":"0001"},
"Name":"Item 1",
"UnitPrice":100
},
{
"Id":{"SKU":"0002"},
"Name":"Item 2",
"UnitPrice":110
}]
*/