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Convert an object to json, and json to object

There is a namespace System.Runtime.Serialization.Json To serialize generic object you can do like this... 

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#r "System.Runtime.Serialization" // for interactive
// Reference to assembly System.Runtime.Serialization and System.Xml

open System.IO
open System.Runtime.Serialization.Json
open System.Xml
open System.Text

/// Object to Json 
let internal json<'t> (myObj:'t) =   
        use ms = new MemoryStream() 
        (new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof<'t>)).WriteObject(ms, myObj) 
        Encoding.Default.GetString(ms.ToArray()) 


/// Object from Json 
let internal unjson<'t> (jsonString:string)  : 't =  
        use ms = new MemoryStream(ASCIIEncoding.Default.GetBytes(jsonString)) 
        let obj = (new DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof<'t>)).ReadObject(ms) 
        obj :?> 't
namespace System
namespace System.IO
namespace System.Runtime
namespace System.Runtime.Serialization
namespace System.Runtime.Serialization.Json
namespace System.Xml
namespace System.Text
val typeof<'T> : System.Type
Multiple items
val string : value:'T -> string

--------------------
type string = System.String
type obj = System.Object

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Link:http://fssnip.net/1l
Posted:3 years ago
Author:Tuomas Hietanen
Tags: json , serialization

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