.NET-JSON-Transformer

A Visual Basic .NET implementation that converts JSON Strings into a .NET XDocument

To use the file simply add it to your project and call the JSON.Parse method.

Syntax

Public Function Parse(ByVal source As String) As XDocument

Parameters

• source

  • Type: System.String
  • The JSON literal to be converted.

• Return Value

  • Type: System.Xml.Linq.XDocument
  • An XML representation of the JSON literal. If the JSON is not parsable, then the method returns Nothing.

Remarks

1. The parser ignores whitespace. So if the JSON literal is:

   {
   "string key": [1, 2, {
       "nested": true
   }]
   }

   Then it gets parsed as: {"string key":[1,2,{"nested":true}]}

2. The returned XML is a 1-to-1 translation from the JSON. Using the same example as above, the resulting XML would be:

   <object>
   <array key="string key">
     <number>1</number>
     <number>2</number>
     <object>
       <boolean key="nested">true</boolean>
     </object>
   </array>
   </object>

Examples:

The following example demonstrates the Parse method.

  Option Strict On
  Public Module Module1
      Public Sub main()
          Dim jsonLiteral As String = String.Format("{0}{1}key1{1}: [1, -2.12345E6, [true, false]], {1}key2{1}: {0}{1}nested object{1}: null{2}{2}", "{", """", "}")
          Console.WriteLine(jsonLiteral)
          '{"key1": [1, -2.12345E6, [true, false]], "key2": {"nested object": null}}

          Dim jsonDocument As XDocument = JSON.Parse(jsonLiteral)
          Console.WriteLine(jsonDocument.ToString)
          '<object>
          '  <array key = "key1" >
          '    <number>1</number>
          '    <number>-2.12345E6</number>
          '    <array>
          '      <boolean>true</Boolean>
          '      <boolean>false</Boolean>
          '    </array>
          '  </array>
          '  <object key = "key2" >
          '    <boolean key="nested object">null</boolean>
          '  </object>
          '</object>

          Console.ReadLine()
      End Sub

  End Module